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In Depth | Neptune Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper (for whom the Kuiper Belt was named) found Neptune's third-largest moon, Nereid, in 1949. He missed Proteus, the second-largest because it's too dark and too close to Neptune for telescopes of that era.
Planet Compare – NASA Solar System Exploration
NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
In Depth | Triton – NASA Solar System Exploration
Scientists think Triton is a Kuiper Belt Object captured by Neptune's gravity millions of years ago. It shares many similarities with Pluto, the best known world of the Kuiper Belt. Like our own moon, Triton is locked in synchronous rotation with Neptune―one side faces the planet at all times.
Neptune 3D Model – NASA Solar System Exploration
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In Depth | Kuiper Belt – NASA Solar System Exploration
As Uranus and Neptune drifted farther outward, they passed through the dense disk of small, icy bodies left over after the giant planets formed. Neptune's orbit was the farthest out, and its gravity bent the paths of countless icy bodies inward toward the other giants.
RPS 3D Viewer - NASA Solar System Exploration
Moons About Moons BY DESTINATION Earth (1) Mars (2) Jupiter (95) Saturn (83) Uranus (27) Neptune (14) Pluto (5) Asteroids, Comets & Meteors About Asteroids, Comets & Meteors BY TYPE
In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System Exploration
Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.
Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud - NASA Solar System Exploration
In 1943, astronomer Kenneth Edgeworth hypothesized that many small, icy bodies exist in a disc in the region beyond Neptune, having condensed from widely spaced ancient material, and that from time to time one of them visits the inner solar system.
Bibliography - NASA Solar System Exploration
Scott S. Sheppard's Neptune's Known Satellites Page: http://www.dtm.ciw.edu/users/sheppard/satellites/nepsatdata.html Scott S. Sheppard's Pluto's Known Satellites Page: http://home.dtm.ciw.edu/users/sheppard/satellites/plutosatdata.html
Events - NASA Solar System Exploration
Moons About Moons BY DESTINATION Earth (1) Mars (2) Jupiter (95) Saturn (83) Uranus (27) Neptune (14) Pluto (5) Asteroids, Comets & Meteors About Asteroids, Comets & Meteors BY TYPE
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