Neptune Comparison Table

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Neptune comparison table

Subject has orbital period is an instance of has inclination has mean density has rotation period has eccentricity has albedo has oblateness has radiu has obliquity has synodic period has mean distance from Sun has atmosphere composition has surface gravity has orbital velocity has discoverer has composition is a kind of has satellite has mass has maximum apparent brightness has synonym has definition has discovery date has escape velocity

gas giant Mostly made of various light elements such as gases and simple compounds planet greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass Jovian planet Giant planet that has a gaseous surface.

superior planet various elements planet greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass Planets farther from the Sun than the Earth is (i.e., Mars to Pluto).

Neptune 164.8 years superior planet 1°.8 1.7 g cm^-2 15^h49^m30^s e = 0.009 0.62 0.02 24500 ± 500 km 28°.8 367.49 days 30.07 AU hydrogen and methane 1.3 that of Earth V_orb = 5.43 km s^-1 Johann Galle and Louis d'Arrest Mostly made of various light elements such as gases and simple compounds Triton and Nereid 1.03 × 10²⁹ g 7.6 mag Jovian planet Eighth major planet out from the Sun. Discovered in by following predictions calculated by Urbain Le Verrier. Similar predictions had been made earlier by John Couch Adams but were not followed up. 1846 V_esc = 25 km s^-1

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Subject	has orbital period	is an instance of	has inclination	has mean density	has rotation period	has eccentricity	has albedo	has oblateness	has radiu	has obliquity	has synodic period	has mean distance from Sun	has atmosphere composition	has surface gravity	has orbital velocity	has discoverer	has composition	is a kind of	has satellite	has mass	has maximum apparent brightness	has synonym	has definition	has discovery date	has escape velocity
gas giant																	Mostly made of various light elements such as gases and simple compounds	planet		greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass		Jovian planet	Giant planet that has a gaseous surface.
superior planet																	various elements	planet		greater than Pluto's mass and less massive than ten times Jupiter's mass			Planets farther from the Sun than the Earth is (i.e., Mars to Pluto).
Neptune	164.8 years	superior planet	1°.8	1.7 g cm^-2	15^h49^m30^s	e = 0.009	0.62	0.02	24500 ± 500 km	28°.8	367.49 days	30.07 AU	hydrogen and methane	1.3 that of Earth	V_orb = 5.43 km s^-1	Johann Galle and Louis d'Arrest	Mostly made of various light elements such as gases and simple compounds		Triton and Nereid	1.03 × 10²⁹ g	7.6 mag	Jovian planet	Eighth major planet out from the Sun. Discovered in by following predictions calculated by Urbain Le Verrier. Similar predictions had been made earlier by John Couch Adams but were not followed up.	1846	V_esc = 25 km s^-1