interesting facts about neptune
Hi Guyz Again! This is SOUMYA!! In this article, I’ll talk about interesting NEPTUNE facts, weird/cool information about NEPTUNE,, and lots of random facts about NEPTUNE. Yes, it’s all about NEPTUNE here . So WHY Wait? Let's get it STATR! 1. Neptune has Only Been Visited up Close Once: The only spacecraft that has ever visited Neptune was NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft, which visited the planet during its Grand Tour of the Solar System. Voyager 2 made its Neptune flyby on August 25, 1989, passing within 3,000 km of the planet’s north pole. This was the closest approach to any object that Voyager 2 made since it was launched from Earth. 2. Neptune Probably Captured its Largest Moon, Triton: Neptune’s largest Moon, Triton, circles Neptune in a retrograde orbit. That’s means that it orbits the planet backwards relative to Neptune’s other moons. This is seen as an indication that Neptune probably ca...