Neptune
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- proper noun
- /ˈnɛp.tuːn/
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Neptuno
- In three days, Venus, Uranus and Neptune will all align in the sky.
- the planet Neptune
- Neptune's rings
- orbits Neptune
And even I didn't know that this image of Neptune was a false colour image.
- And even I didn't know that this image of Neptune was a false colour image.
- So look, the simple way to think about it is that if you imagine, you know, Neptune's orbit like a circle, right?
- It's thought that at one point in the past there may have been another planet similar to Uranus and Neptune that we lost.
- We've got these giant windows behind us that basically overlook a giant blue planet, which we believe is Neptune.
- And he didn't invent the first telescope, but made a telescope, looked at Neptune and saw that it had four moons.
- Just not Uranus and Neptune were lying in the sky.
- Planets like these weird mysterious super earths or sub Neptune type planets.
- So Voyager gave us our first close up look of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
- And now they're out on Neptune and and the human race has changed quite a lot.
Examples
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A box magnifies the eighth planet, Neptune, revealing a flashing red dot in its orbit.
Fiction book (1997) -
Scientists estimate that Neptune contains enough methane to make almost two billion cubic miles of pebble-sized diamonds.
Academic text (2001) -
But what you see here is that between Earth and Neptune in size, it's where most of the planets are that we found.
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Slow and fast films show the rotation of Neptune and the features in its atmosphere.
Academic text (1990) -
This is the ice world of Neptune now, the last, the eighth of eight planets.
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As is fitting for a place that rains diamonds, Neptune has rings.
Academic text (2001) -
The discovery of Neptune was a dramatic confirmation of the power of Newton's law of gravity.
Academic text (2000) -
The planet had almost the mass of Neptune, though as a solid body it was much smaller.
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This is the ice world of Neptune now, the last, the eighth of eight planets.
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A box magnifies the eighth planet, Neptune, revealing a flashing red dot in its orbit.
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
The planet Neptune was named after the Roman sea god because it looks deep blue like the 'sea'. That's why Neptune makes you think of a cold, blue world far from the Sun.