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In Depth | Proteus – NASA Solar System Exploration
Overview Proteus is one of the largest of Neptune's known moons, although it is not as big as Triton. The moon has an odd box-like shape and if it had just a little more mass it would be able to transform into a sphere. Proteus orbits Neptune about every 27 hours.
Planet Compare - NASA Solar System Exploration
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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.
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In Depth | Neptune Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration
Millions of years from now, Triton will come close enough for gravitational forces to break it apart – possibly forming a ring around Neptune bright enough for Lassell to have seen with his telescope.
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.
Mars By the Numbers - NASA Solar System Exploration
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun, and the seventh largest. It’s the only planet we know of inhabited entirely by robots.
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.
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
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