- 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
- RPS 3D Viewer - 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
- Neptune Ring Science with Argo - NASA Solar System Exploration
Argo, an innovative concept for a New Frontiers 4 mission, will yield significant advances in our understanding of evolutionary processes of rings and small bodies in the outer Solar System by executing a flyby through the Neptune system, then going on to a scientifically-selected KBO
- In Depth | Triton – NASA Solar System Exploration
Discovery Triton was discovered on Oct 10, 1846 by British astronomer William Lassell, just 17 days after Neptune itself was discovered Overview Triton is the largest of Neptune's 13 moons It is unusual because it is the only large moon in our solar system that orbits in the opposite direction of its planet's rotation―a retrograde orbit Scientists think Triton is a Kuiper Belt Object
- Neptune 3D Model – NASA Solar System Exploration
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- In Depth | Proteus – NASA Solar System Exploration
Discovery Proteus was discovered in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft This is unusual since a smaller moon, Nereid, was discovered 33 years earlier using an Earth-based telescope Proteus was most likely overlooked because it is so dark and the distance between Earth and Neptune is so great Overview Proteus is one of the largest of Neptune's known moons, although it is not as big as Triton
- In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System Exploration
The planetary system we call home is located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy 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 Beyond our own solar system, there
- In Depth | Kuiper Belt – NASA Solar System Exploration
The Kuiper Belt is a large region in the cold, outer reaches of our solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune It's sometimes called the "third zone" of the solar system Astronomers think there are millions of small, icy objects in this region – including hundreds of thousands that are larger than 60 miles (100 kilometers) wide Some of the objects, including Pluto, are over 600 miles (1,000
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