neptune

Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third-largest by mass. Among the gaseous planets in the solar system, Neptune is the most dense. Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus, which is 15 times the mass of Earth but not as dense.[c] On average, Neptune orbits the Sun at a distance of 30.1 AU, approximately 30 times the EarthâSun distance. Named for the Roman god of the sea, its astronomical symbol is â, a stylised version of the god Neptune's trident.

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Super-dense celestial bodies may be new types of planet

Thu, Mar 14, 2013

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Despite all the magnificent advancements in the field, we are still in the infancy of our research on extraterrestrial planets, so it shouldn’t really surprise anybody if a new type of planet is found. Mysterious dense bodies outside the Solar System which have puzzled astronomers for quite a while may in fact be remnants of [...]

neptune, planetary formation, super earth

Oceans of diamonds on Uranus

Sat, Jan 23, 2010

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A new research published in Nature Physics showed that there may be oceans of diamonds (literally) on both Uranus and Neptune. The first ever study conducted on the melting point of diamond concluded that at that certain point, it behaves just like water, with the solid form floating in the liquid form (just imagine icebergs, [...]

astrology, carbon, diamonds, graphite, neptune, Research, solar, study, uranus

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