Neptune
Hello today we are going to talk about Neptune. The amazing awesome planet! So first we are going to talk about how Neptune was discovered and how Neptune got it's name.
How It was discovered and how it got it's name
How was Neptune discovered exactly Scientific Meap? Scientific Meap: Well Neptune was discovered mathematically. Sometimes Uranus was going fast and sometimes it was going slow. Science Meap: Sooooooo? Scientific Meap: Stop it I'm doing my thing. Anyway, that's when things got weird. Mathematicians and astronomers thought there has to be another planet effecting Uranus. There was It's name was Neptune. Science Meap: OK that's really cool, now get off my show Science Cat is coming. Scientific Meap:
Well now we are going to talk about how Neptune got it's name. How did it get it's name Science Cat? Science Cat: Neptune is name the god of the sea a.k.a Poseidon/ Neptune. Neptune was named god of the sea because it was so blue and it's the color of water. Science Meap: Is it that simple? Science Cat: That simple. Science Meap: Well were going to move on.
Compare and Contrast
Right now we are going to compare Neptune to the other gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus.
- Jupiter's magnetic field is the strongest out of all the gas giants
- Neptune has stronger winds
- Saturn has more moons than Neptune
- Neptune and Jupiter both have a big spot
- Uranus and Neptune are the only planets that we can't see from Earth.
- And so much more!
Well That's all for comparing and contrasting. We'll move on.
Storms
Now we are going to talk about Neptune's storms. Right now I have Science fairy here with me. Science Fairy: Hello everyone. Well I'm going to talk about storms now. First we are going to talk about the Great Dark Spot on Neptune. The Great Dark Spot is similar to Jupiter's spot. The Great Dark Spot was first discovered when the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Neptune in 1989. The Great Dark Spot moves across Neptune's surface really quickly. It moves across it's surface 300 meters per second. Science Meap: What is the Small Dark Spot? Science Fairy: The Small Dark Spot is just like The Great Dark Spot except smaller. The Small Dark Spot is south of The Great Dark Spot. It was found missing on June 1994 when the Hubble Space Telescope imaged Neptune. There is also a storm called The Scooter. Voyager 2 found an irregular shaped cloud that flies eastward around the circumference of Neptune every sixteen hours. It is called the Scooter for this reason. Science Meap: Well that's it for storms let's move on.
Moons
How many moons does Neptune have? Neptune has 13 moons. One of Neptune's moons is named Triton. Triton is Neptune's largest moons. Discovered in 1846 by British astronomer William Lassell. Triton was found three weeks after itself Neptune was found. Triton moves the opposite direction that Neptune does. Well that's it for moons.
Interesting Facts
- Neptune has only been passed by one spacecraft, Voyager 2 which flew by on the 25th of August 1989
- Neptune is the first planet to be found mathematically
- It's orbit distance is 4,498,396,441 km
- and there are so many more facts
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