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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. Neptune orbits the Sun at an average distance of 30.1 astronomical units. Named after the Roman god of the sea, its astronomical symbol is ♆, a stylised version of the god Neptune's trident. Surface area: 2.941 billion sq miles (7.618 billion km)
It's radius is 15,299 miles (24,622 km), Its orbital period is 165 years, Its mass is 102.4E24 kg (17.15 Earth mass), Its distance from the Sun is 2,798,000,000 miles (4,503,000,000 km), Its moons are, Triton, Nereid, Proteus, Naiad, Larissa, Galatea, Thalassa, Despina, Halimede, Neso, Psamathe, Laomedeia, Sao.
Neptune