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\"A child astronaut takes an imaginary trip to Neptune and the outer reaches of the solar system, learns about the harsh conditions on the planet, and decides that Earth is a good home after all. Includes solar system diagram, Neptune vs. Earth fact chart, and glossary\"--Provided by publisher.
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Neptune's Moons Perform a Strange Orbit Dance Around Each Other
\"Two of Neptune's innermost moons perform a strange dance to avoid each other that is weird and completely unique compared to all known orbits, according to new research.\" (CNN Wire Service) Read more about Neptune's moon.
Newspaper Article
Strange Neptune
\"Astronomers look for rules. They seek theories and develop models that tidily explain how planets form, how moons move, and how the universe came to look the way it does. But these scientists also keep finding exceptions to their rules. In our planetary neighborhood, Neptune is one of the more delinquent objects.\" (Science News for Kids) Read more about the planet Neptune. The possibility of sending a spacecraft to Neptune is discussed. A quiz and discussion questions are included.
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Hubble Watches Massive Storm on Neptune Reverse Course
\"A dark vortex-like storm on Neptune discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope in September 2018 has reversed course to avoid an untimely demise on the blue ice giant. The storm is 4,600 miles across -- wider than the Atlantic Ocean -- and formed in Neptune's northern hemisphere.\" (CNN Wire Service) Read more about this storm on Neptune.
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Neptune Rising
The more that is learned about Neptune, the outermost bona fide planet, the more it proves to have been a potent force in the young days of the solar system. The planetary movement of Neptune may be relevant to Earth's development.
Magazine Article
Uranus and Neptune: Origin, Evolution and Internal Structure
There are still many open questions regarding the nature of Uranus and Neptune, the outermost planets in the Solar System. In this review we summarize the current-knowledge about Uranus and Neptune with a focus on their composition and internal structure, formation including potential subsequent giant impacts, and thermal evolution. We present key open questions and discuss the uncertainty in the internal structures of the planets due to the possibility of non-adiabatic and inhomogeneous interiors. We also provide the reasoning for improved observational constraints on their fundamental physical parameters such as their gravitational and magnetic fields, rotation rates, and deep atmospheric composition and temperature. Only this way will we be able to improve our understating of these planetary objects, and the many similar-sized objects orbiting other stars.
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