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media type="custom" key="3499648"media type="custom" key="3494632" **__// Triton //__** **//__Basic info: Neptune__//** **Neptune is the 8th planet from the sun, has a rocky core surrounded by ice, hydrogen, helium and methane. Neptune has rapid swirling winds, and is thought to contain a deep ocean. Neptune has a faint set of rings and 8 known moons. Becuase of the planet pluto's orbit neptune is somtimes the farthest planet from the sun**



SUBTOPIC: Triton **




 * **Triton temp. is -393 F**
 * **Diemeter is 2700 KM**
 * **Discoverd by W.Lassel, discovered on October 10, 1846**
 * **Distance from Neptune is 354,760 KM**
 * **Has a retrograde orbit**
 * **It is the** **seventh-largest moon** **in the Solar System**
 * ** Has a crust of frozen nitrogen over an icy mantle **


 * FACTOIDS: **
 * **One Year For Neptune = 165 earth years**
 * **Neptune's Diameter is 4x that of earths**
 * **Neptune is the stormiest planet**
 * **Triton is only moon that orbits backwards**
 * **Neptune was once the farthest planet from sun**
 * **Triton is coldest object in the solar system**
 * [[image:http://explanet.info/images/Ch13/13_01.gif caption="The colored blue line shows the orbit of Neptune"]]

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