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NEPTUNE
Neptune, Son of Saturn, and brother
to Jupiter and Pluto, god of the sea. Usually shown carrying a trident
and rising from the sea. The god of the sea among the Romans.
Neptune's blue atmosphere has storm
systems similar of those in Jupiter's atmosphere. Optically
thin methane ice cloud exists. Neptune's magnetic field is highly
titled and offset from the planet's center, it rotates once every
16.11 hours. There are 2 narrow and 2 broad rings that circle the
planet.
Neptune has 13 moons with Triton
being the largest with methane and nitrogen at their polar caps and a
thin atmosphere.
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