Neptune

Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun the fourth largest planet in our Solar System. It is 3.88 times the diameter of the Earth. The gravity on Neptune is 1.19 times of the gravity on Earth. The closest approach of Voyager 2 to Neptune occurred on August 25, 1989.


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orbit: 4,504,000,000 km (30.06 AU) from Sun
diameter: 49,532 km (equatorial)
mass: 1.0247e26 kg
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