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Sector 6 · Planet
Neptune
The windiest planet, at the edge of the solar system, with its moon Triton.
Neptune was found through mathematics before anyone saw it: astronomers noticed Uranus being tugged off course and predicted where an unseen planet should be. It was spotted near that position in 1846.
It has the fastest winds measured on any planet, around 2,000 km per hour. Its largest moon, Triton, orbits backwards, against the planet's spin, which suggests it was captured from the outer solar system long ago.
Key facts
- Distance from the Sun
- About 30 times Earth's
- Diameter
- About 49,000 km
- Strongest winds
- Around 2,000 km/h
- Discovered
- 1846
Neptune in Comet Courier
Neptune is the last stop in the solar system. Deep blue and stormy, it sits off to the side while the wormhole mouth grows ahead. Fly into its throat to cross the galaxy.