Neptune

Neptune as seen from orbit

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