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Neptune

Websites
Planetary profile and vital statistics.
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Welcome to the Planets  This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program. The collection has been extracted from the interactive program Welcome to the Planets which was distributed on the Planetary Data System Educational CD-ROM Version 1.5...
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome/neptune.htm

Basic overview.
http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/leaflets/solar_system/section3.13.html

Views, animations, general information and data of the planet.
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Neptune  In the long run men hit only what they aim at Thoreau Table of Contents Neptune Introduction Neptune Statistics Animations of Neptune Views of Neptune Rings of Neptune Neptune Moon Summary Satellites of Neptune Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Naiad, Nereid, Proteus,...
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/neptune.htm

The History of its discovery.
http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/publications/eagle97/Eagle97-John.html

General features and some pictures.
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The Planet Neptune  Neptune in shown in the adjacent image (Ref Neptune has been particularly challenging to study from the ground because its disk is small and badly blurred by the Earth's atmosphere at that distance. In spite of this, ground-based astronomers had...
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/neptune/neptune.html

Select images of the planet, with brief captions.
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NSSDC Photo Gallery: Neptune  Telescope image showing the Great Dark Spot has disappeared. Caption STScI PR95-09 38K False color image of Neptune taken by Voyager 2. Caption P-34666C 62K False color images of Neptune taken by HST. Caption STScI PR96-33, 96-HC-692 140K Hi-res Clouds...
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo...allery/photogallery-neptune.html

Its atmosphere, rings, moons, appearance, and links to related sites.
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Neptune114  Sorry this site can only be viewed with frames enabled. I am currently working on a site which does not use them. But I'm busy. so this may take a while....
http://neptune114.tripod.com

Concise introduction to this cold and distant planet, with numerous resources including animations and vital statistics.
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ORRERY: Neptune ice giant  Neptune is usually the eighth planet from the Sun, but is occasionally further away than Pluto, which has a highly elliptical orbit. Neptune is the smaller of the four gas giants, just smaller than Uranus, but much more massive. Rings...
http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/neptune.html

Overview of several aspects of the planet. Versions available for beginner, intermediate and advanced level users.
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Neptune  Its bluish color comes from its atmosphere of methane gas. The planet has moons and a very narrow, faint ring system. Interior Surface Atmosphere Magnetosphere Moons Rings Planetary Facts Myth Culture Space Missions Discover Neptune Latest News from Neptune Image...
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/neptune/neptune.html

Information on the planet Neptune.
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MSN Encarta Neptune (planet)  Spend less time searching and more time learning.Learn moreTasksFind in this articlePrint PreviewRelated ItemsAstronomy: Planets and Their SatellitesMajor planets of the solar systemmore Further ReadingEditors picks for Neptune (planet)Search for books and more related to Neptune (planet)Facts and FiguresQuick information...
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclope..._761577112/Neptune_(planet).html

Information and photographs on the moons, atmosphere, and rings of planet Neptune
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Exploring The Planets Neptune  Neptune Facts Neptune's Atmosphere The Rings of Neptune The Moons of Neptune Neptune Imagery Index Mercury Venus Earth Mars Asteroids Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Comets Exploring The Planets 169;2002 National Air and Space Museum...
http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/neptune/