Neptune
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Neptune (also known as Sol VIII) is the eighth planet of the Sol system.
A gas giant class planet, Neptune was a charter member of the United Federation of Planets in 2161.
The fourth-largest planet by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet, this planet orbits the sun once every 164.8 years at an average distance of 30.1 AU.
It also has a faint and fragmented ring system (labelled commonly as "arcs").
- The three main rings are the narrow Adams Ring, the Le Verrier Ring, at 53,000 km, and the Galle Ring, at 42,000 km.
- A faint outward extension to the Le Verrier Ring has been named "Lassell"; it is bounded at its outer edge by the Arago Ring at 57,000 km.
Fun Facts:
- At warp 4.5, it takes six minutes to travel from Earth to Neptune and back.
- In 2063, the Vulcan scout ship T'Plana-Hath was near Neptune when it detected Zefram Cochrane’s warp flight.
- There were colonies on this planet since before Captain Kirk's time.
Astronomical data
Location
- Sol System (Sector 001)
Names
- Sol VIII
- Neptune
Moons (14)
- Naiad
- Thalassa
- Despina
- Galatea
- Larissa
- Hippocamp (smallest)
- Proteus
- Triton (largest)
- Nereid
- Halimede
- Sao
- Laomedeia
- Psamathe
- Neso
Planetary bodies in the Sol system |
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Mercury • Venus • Earth • Mars • Jupiter • Saturn • Uranus • Neptune • Pluto |