Neptune
Ice Giant
Neptune is the windiest place known in the solar system, with supersonic gusts exceeding 2,000 km/h tearing across an atmosphere fourteen times Earth's mass. It is the outermost recognized planet, orbiting the Sun once every 165 years.
Field Notes
- Neptune has the fastest winds in the solar system, with gusts over 2,000 km/h.
- It was the first planet located through mathematical prediction rather than direct observation.
- One Neptunian year equals about 165 Earth years; it has completed just over one full orbit since its 1846 discovery.
| Planet Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Radius | 24,622 km |
| Mass | 1.024 × 10²⁶ kg |
| Distance from Sun | 4.495B km |
| Rotation Speed | 9,660 km/h |