NEPTUNE – The Windy Planet | Planets Of The Solar System
NEPTUNE – In this topic, we will now know things about the eighth planet in the solar system the windiest planet Neptune.
The existence of this planet was predicted by mathematical calculations. Furthermore, it is the first to be predicted to exist by this method.
According to Space, it is known as the windiest planet of the solar system because its winds travel more than 1,500 miles per hour.
The planet is covered by its clouds which has a vivid blue tint which is caused by an unidentified compound and the result of the methane’s absorption of red light.
Like Uranus, it is also an ice giant due to its thick, slushy fluid mix of water, ammonia and methane ices in the atmosphere.
Like Jupiter, it has its own “Great Dark Spot, which spins counter-clockwise and moves westward at about 50 miles per hour or 1,200 kilometers per hour.
It orbits around the sun once every 165 years and recently completed its orbit in 2011. The planet has 14 known moons, with the largest being Triton, which is the only spherical moon.
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