Neptune Solar System

Earth s most powerful winds hit only about 400 km h 250 mph.

Neptune solar system.

That soothing sapphire expanse does reveal some of the whirling chaos. Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the sun. This simulated view of our solar system runs on real data. Most 80 percent or more of the planet s mass is made up of a hot dense fluid of icy materials water methane and ammonia above a small rocky core.

Of the objects that orbit the sun directly the largest are the eight planets with the remainder being smaller objects the dwarf planets and small solar system bodies of the objects that orbit the sun indirectly the moons two are larger than the smallest planet. Winds whip clouds of frozen methane across the planet at speeds of more than 2 000 km h 1 200 mph close to the top speed of a u s. Nasa dryden f a 18 852 mission support aircraft in flight. Neptune is the windiest planet in our solar system whipping up momentous gusts that can reach more than 1 200 miles an hour.

It is 17 times the mass of earth slightly more massive than its near twin uranus. In the solar system it is the fourth largest planet by diameter the third most massive planet and the densest giant planet. The position of the planets moons and spacecraft are shown where they are right now. This digital orrery a model of the solar system runs on a light mobile mobile friendly version of nasa s eyes on the solar system software.

Neptune is one of two ice giants in the outer solar system the other is uranus. Of the giant planets neptune is the densest.