Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun. It is the fourth largest planet by diameter and third most massive, but also the densest of the gas giants due to gravitational compression. Neptune was the last planet discovered in our solar system in 1846 through mathematical calculations by astronomers Johann Gottfried Galle, Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, and John Couch Adams, who had observed anomalies in Uranus' orbit.
Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun. It is the fourth largest planet by diameter and third most massive, but also the densest of the gas giants due to gravitational compression. Neptune was the last planet discovered in our solar system in 1846 through mathematical calculations by astronomers Johann Gottfried Galle, Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, and John Couch Adams, who had observed anomalies in Uranus' orbit.
Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun. It is the fourth largest planet by diameter and third most massive, but also the densest of the gas giants due to gravitational compression. Neptune was the last planet discovered in our solar system in 1846 through mathematical calculations by astronomers Johann Gottfried Galle, Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, and John Couch Adams, who had observed anomalies in Uranus' orbit.
NEPTUNE • Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and the farthest known solar planet. In the Solar System, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet. It is 17 times the mass of Earth, and slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus. Neptune is denser and physically smaller than Uranus because its greater mass causes more gravitational compression of its atmosphere. It is referred to as one of the solar system's two ice giant planets FACTS ABOUT NEPTUNE
• Neptune Is the Last Discovered Planet in Our Solar System.
• Neptune Is the Most Distant Planet in Our Solar System. • Neptune Was Actually Observed Many Times Prior to Official Discovery. • Neptune Is 58 Times Bigger and 17 Times Heavier than Earth. WHO DISCOVERED NEPTUNE?
• The planet Neptune – now considered by most
astronomers to be the outermost major planet in our solar system – was discovered using mathematics. Johann Gottfried Galle, Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, and John Couch Adams all worked independently to help discover this world in 1846.