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Astronomy

Planets - Neptune

  Bulk Parameters | Orbital Parameters
Observational Parameters | Atmospheric Parameters
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Bulk Parameters

Black-Body Temperature

33.2 K

Bond Albedo

0.82

Ellipticity

0.017 1

Equatorial Radius (Defined by Pressure = 1 bar)

24 766 km

Escape Velocity

23.5 km s−1

GM

6.8351 × 106 km3 s−2

Mass

102.43 × 1024 kg

Mean Density

1 638 kg m−3

Polar Radius (Defined by Pressure = 1 bar)

24 342 km

Solar Irradiance

1.47 W m−2

Surface Gravity (At Pressure = 1 bar)

11.00 m s−2

Visual Geometric Albedo

0.41

Visual Magnitude

−6.87

Volume

6 254 × 1010 km3

Volumetric Mean Radius

24 624 km

 
 
Orbital Parameters

Aphelion

4 535.2 × 10 6 km

Mean Orbital Velocity

5.48 km s−1

Obliquity to Orbit

29.56 °

Orbital Eccentricity

0.008 59

Orbital Inclination

1.769 °

Perihelion

4 458.0 × 106 km

Semimajor Axis

4 498.3 × 106 km

Sidereal Orbit Period

60 189.0 days

Sidereal Rotation Period (Magnetic Coordinates, determined by Voyager 2 Radio Science Experiment)

16.11 hours

Synodic Period

367.49 days

Tropical Orbit Period

59 799.9 days

 
 
Observational Parameters

Apparent Magnitude near Opposition

7.8

Maximum Apparent Diameter from Earth

2.4 arc seconds

Maximum Distance from Earth

4 687.3 × 106 km

Minimum Apparent Diameter from Earth

2.2 arc seconds

Minimum Distance from Earth

4 305.9 × 106 km

 
 
Atmospheric Parameters

Average Temperature

about 58 K

Density at 1 bar

about 0.45 kg m−3

Mean Molecular Weight

2.53 g mol−1 to 2.69 g mol−1

Scale Height

19.1 km to 20.3 km

Surface Pressure

Much more than 100 bars

Temperature at 1 bar

about 72 K

Wind Speeds

0 to 200 m s−1

Molecular Hydrogen H2 percentage in the atmosphere 80%
Helium He percentage in the atmosphere 19%
Methane CH4 percentage in the atmosphere 1.5%
Hydrogen Deuteride HD percentage in the atmosphere 105 ppm
Ethane C2H6 percentage in the atmosphere 1.5 ppm
Ammonia Ice percentage in the atmosphere
Water Ice percentage in the atmosphere
Ammonia Hydrosulphide percentage in the atmosphere
Methane Ice percentage in the atmosphere  
 
 
Satellites
Naiad Larissa
Thalassa Proteus
Despina Triton
Galatea Nereid
 


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