Neptune

​Neptune was named after the god of the sea. Astronomers learned this using mathematics and telescopes. Neptune was found to be almost 3 billion miles away from the sun.​ Neptune has 8 moons.(Hailey-3 BTeam Uranus) Neptune was discovered September 23,1846 by Johann Gottfired Galle.(Hailey-3B Team Uranus) The first 2 thirds of Neptune is composed of a mixture of molten rock, water,liquid ammonia, and methane. (Hailey-3B Team Uranus)
 * Neptune is 30 times farther from the sun than earth.(Sophia 3B- team commuincation)
 * Two Neptunian moons were known before Voyager(Ava-3B Team Saturn)

> Neptune spins onetime in six-teen hours.
 * Neptune is so far from the Sun that it's daytime is only about one-thousandth as bright as our daytime on Earth.
 * Neptune orbits the Sun in 165 Earth years so one year on planet Neptune equals 165 years on Earth.

Neptune's surface is ice. (Abby-3B:Jupiter Team) Neptune is a hazy blue planet 30 times farther from the sun than Earth.Like Uranus it has a deep atmosphere covering an ocean of water methane and ammonia.Neptune looks blue because of the methane in it's atmosphere.It also detected a Great Dark Spot on the planet.( Maddy-3B Team Neptune) Neptune is the 8th planet from the Sun(Ava-3B Team Saturn)

Neptune has a Great Dark Spot that they think is a storm.There are small clouds near the Great Dark Spot.(evan3B)