Explore Neptune
The Giant planets do not have the same kind of structure inside that the terrestrial planets ...
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Neptune's atmosphere shows a striped pattern of clouds. This cloud pattern is very similar ...
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The magnetosphere of Neptune is very much like that of Uranus, medium sized but still much ...
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Neptune's largest moon is named Triton. Triton is much larger than any of the planet's other moons. ...
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The South Pole of the planet Neptune is unusual in several ways. Triton, Neptune's largest ...
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All of the relevant information about Neptune collected on one page, including details about size, orbit ...
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Neptune was the god of the waters and was a son of Chronos and a brother of Jupiter and of Pluto ...
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A table containing information about the spacecraft that have visited Neptune ...
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Access wonderful captioned photos and illustrations that will inspire and excite you. ...
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These are links to other great web sites about Neptune. But beware: you don't want to get ...
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Dip-slip faultxDip-slip fault : Dip-slip faults are inclined fractures where the blocks have mostly shifted vertically. If the rock mass above an inclined fault moves down, the fault is termed normal, whereas if the rock above the fault moves up, the fault is termed reverse.
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Research Highlights
Researchers have found a primitive Earth mantle reservoir on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Geologist Matthew Jackson and his colleagues from a multi-institution collaboration report the finding--the...
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