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| the diameter of neptune is |
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| is neptune a far away planet |
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| yes neptune takes 165 years to orbit around the sun,so it has not yet completed a single orbit since its discoveries in 1846 |
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| neptunes distance from the sun is |
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| outer envelope of molecular hydrogen, helium and methane roughly the mass of one to two Earths. |
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| the shape of its gravitational field and the behavior of hydrogen, helium, and water at high pressure. Below this region Neptune appears to be composed of a mantle rich in water, methane, ammonia, and other elements. These elements are under high temperatures and pressures deep within the planet. |
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| On average, Neptune orbits the Sun at a distance of 30.1 AU, approximately 30 times the Earth–Sun distance. |
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| there are four giant planets jupiter saturn uranus and neptune.neptune is the most distant from the earth and the smallest of the four. |
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| This Voyager 2 image has been processed by computers so that both the clouds' structure in the dark regions near the pole and the bright clouds east of the Great Dark Spot are visible. |
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| These two 591-second exposures of the rings of Neptune were taken by Voyager 2 on August 26, 1989 from a distance of 280,000 kilometers (174,000 miles). |
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| one of Neptune's rings appears to be twisted. Scientists believe it looks this way because the original material in the rings was in clumps that formed streaks as the material orbited Neptune. |
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| Feathery white clouds fill the boundary between the dark and light blue regions on the Great Dark Spot. The pinwheel shape of both the dark boundary and the white cirrus suggests that the storm system rotates counterclockwise. |
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| Neptune was taken by Voyager 2 on August 20, 1989. One of the great cloud features, dubbed the Great Dark Spot by Voyager scientists, can be seen toward the center of the image. It is at a latitude of 22 degrees south and circuits Neptune every 18.3 hours. |
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