- Neptune is the Roman God of the Sea. In Greek, Neptune is called Poseidon.
- Its distance from the Sun is 4500 billion Km (2.8 billion miles) 30.10 Au.
- Orbital speed 19,520 km (12,132 miles) per hour.
- Diameter 49,500 km (30,764 miles).
- It takes Neptune 164.8 Earth years to orbit the Sun.
- A day on Neptune is 18 hours.
- Neptune has 14 known moons.
- This planet has 5 Rings.
- Neptune is the coldest planet in the Solar System? Areas in the atmosphere are as cool as -221°C
- Neptune suffers the most violent weather in our Solar System.
- Neptune’s biggest moon, Triton, is unique as it is the only large moon in the Solar System which travels in orbit in the opposite direction to its planet’s rotation.
