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  1. Neptune is the ninth PLANET from the sun and
  2. because of this, very little is known about
  3. it except it is a gasouse giant.
  4.  
  5.  
  6. Statistics
  7.  
  8. Distance from the sun:
  9. Furthest (Aphelion): 4,537,304,000km
  10. Nearest (Perhelion): 4,428,217,100km
  11. Mean   (Average): 4,496,600,000km
  12. Orbital period: 165 years
  13. Rotation Period: 18hr 26min
  14. Diameter at Equater: 49,000km
  15. Mass ( Earth = 1): 17.2
  16. Surface Temperture: -225
  17. Gravity (Earth = 1): 1.19
  18. Closest aproach to the Earth: 4.308,623,136km
  19. Density (density of water = 1): 1.77
  20. Atmosphere: HYDROGEN, HELIUM, METHANE
  21. Moons: 2
  22. Rings: 0
  23.  
  24. Subject by: Malcolm Pett
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