Gravity, Rings and Moons
Neptune is a gas planet, so it doesn’t have a solid surface. If
you tried to walk on the surface of Neptune, you’d sink right in. The surface
gravity of Neptune is 1.14 times the gravity on Earth. In other words, if you
could actually walk on Neptune, you would feel only a little heavier than if you
were walking on Earth.
Neptune has five rings: Galle, Le Verrier, Lassell, Arago, and
Adams. Its rings were named after the astronomers who made an important
discovery regarding the planet. The planet’s rings are difficult to see because
they are dark and vary in density and size. Astronomers think Neptune’s rings are
young compared to the age of the planet, and that they were probably formed when
one of Neptune’s moons was
destroyed.
Neptune has 13 moons. Their names are Triton, Nereid, Proteus,
Thalassa, Galatea, Despina, Larissa, Naiad, Sao, Neso, Psamathe, Halimede,
Laomedeia
you tried to walk on the surface of Neptune, you’d sink right in. The surface
gravity of Neptune is 1.14 times the gravity on Earth. In other words, if you
could actually walk on Neptune, you would feel only a little heavier than if you
were walking on Earth.
Neptune has five rings: Galle, Le Verrier, Lassell, Arago, and
Adams. Its rings were named after the astronomers who made an important
discovery regarding the planet. The planet’s rings are difficult to see because
they are dark and vary in density and size. Astronomers think Neptune’s rings are
young compared to the age of the planet, and that they were probably formed when
one of Neptune’s moons was
destroyed.
Neptune has 13 moons. Their names are Triton, Nereid, Proteus,
Thalassa, Galatea, Despina, Larissa, Naiad, Sao, Neso, Psamathe, Halimede,
Laomedeia