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PIX4624055 Neptune from Triton - Illustration - Neptune from the surface of Triton - Neptune seen from the icy surface of his Triton satellite. White cirrus clouds race across a crescent Neptune as it presides over Triton's bleak and frozen south polar region. Sheets of frozen nitrogen ice with traces of other substances, including frozen methane and carbon monoxide, overlie Triton's darker material. The ice has turned pink due to the interaction with ultraviolet light from the distant Sun. Further south all of the surface of Triton is covered by such ices
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PIX4624072 Neptune from Triton - Illustration - Triton's shadow on Neptune - Neptune seen from the icy surface of his Triton satellite. The satellite projects its shadow on the Giant Planet. A full Neptune washes Triton's frozen surface with an indigo light, the only source of illumination on this now Triton's dark side. Fortuitous alignment of the Sun, Triton and Neptune causes this satellite's shadow to fall on Neptune's distant cloud tops 220 thousand miles away. This view is from within a deep, crater - like depression on Triton's northern hemisphere
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PIX4623956 Neptune et Triton- Illustration - Neptune with its moon Triton Artwork
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PIX4623948 Triton could break and form a new ring - Triton could break to give Neptune a new rings system.: Neptune and Triton- Illustration - Neptune with its moon Triton. Artwork
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PIX4624052 Neptune and Triton - Illustration - Neptune from Triton orbit - Neptune and its Triton satellite (foreground). Looking like an over - ripe cantaloupe, Neptune's satellite Triton is in the foreground while Neptune itself looms on the upper right. At a distance of 220 thousand miles, Triton is about the same distance from Neptune as the moon is from the Earth. A frozen world that's somewhat smaller than the moon, Triton is the seventh and largest of Neptune's satellites, completing an orbit every six days. Triton is believed to be composed primarily of rock and water ice with traces of methane and other compounds
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PIX4629732 Giant planets of our solar system - From top to bottom the planets Jupiter, Neptune and Saturn. Illustration. Illustration showing from top to bottom planets Jupiter, Neptune and Saturn
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PIX4624009 Neptune seen from his satellite Triton - Illustration - Neptune and Triton - Illustration - Geyser artist's view on the surface of Neptune's largest satellite, Triton. Artist's impression of geyser on Triton surface, the largest moon of the planet Neptun
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PIX4624042 Neptune - Illustration - Neptune's Great Dark Spot - Illustration - Artist's view of Neptune with its ring system and large dark spot observed by the Voyager 2 probe in 1989. This is how Neptune's Great Dark Spot and rings may have looked in 1989 from a position just beneath Neptune's ring plane. The outermost Adams ring is near the top of the frame, and beneath that is the much broader and diffuse Lassell ring. Further in toward Neptune and abutting the Lassell ring is the thin Le Verrier ring, and beyond that is the diffuse Galle ring. The Great Dark Spot is believed to be a storm similar to, but only half the size of, Jupiter's Great Red Spot. While Jupiter's Great Red Spot has been raging for at least 400 years, subsequent observations of Neptune's Great Dark Spot in 1994 by the Hubble Space Telescope revealed that this storm has since disappeared. The Great Dark Spot was a very dynamic weather system, generating massive, white clouds similar to high - altitude cirrus clouds on Earth. Unlike cirrus clouds on Earth however, which are composed of crystals of water ice, Neptune's cirrus clouds are made up of crystals of frozen methane. Neptune's clouds are driven by winds of 1,200 mph, the fastest winds of any planet in the Solar System
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PIX4624079 Neptune - Illustration - Artist's view of Neptune with its ring system and large dark spot observed by the Voyager 2 probe in 1989. This image suggests how Neptune might look from a position in space above the plane of its rings. Like Uranus, Neptune is a Gas Giant, composed primarily of hydrogen and helium gases surrounding a relatively small, dense core of molten rock and metal. Also like Uranus, Neptune has charcoal - colored rings, although they appear to be fewer in number than Uranus's. While Neptune's diameter is slightly less than Uranus ', it has more mass. Neptune's blue color is due to the presence of methane in its upper atmosphere. The dark spot in the southern hemisphere beneath the rings, dubbed “” The Great Dark Spot,””” is believed to be a giant storm which was active in 1989 when Voyager 2 photographed Neptune. Just beyond the rings at Neptune's 7 o'clock position, barely discernable from the background stars, is the tiny satellite Proteus. With an average diameter of 260 miles, Proteus is the second - largest of Neptune's eight known satellites (a distant second compared to Neptune's largest satellite Triton which has a diameter of 1,677 miles)
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PIX4629910 Size Comparison: Neptune and Earth - Neptune and Earth Compared - The planet Neptune compares to Earth. Neptune's diameter is slightly less than four times that of the Earth's. If you weigh 180 pounds on Earth, you would weigh 202 pounds at Neptune's cloud tops. Neptune is 30 times further from the Sun than the Earth
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PIX4623943 Great Dark Spot and Clouds on Neptune: Neptune- Illustration
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PIX4605742 Voyager 2 probe near Neptune - Voyager 2 spacecraft near Neptune - Artwork - The Voyager 2 probe orbited around Neptune in August 1989. Artist View Voyager 2 orbited Neptune in august 1989
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PIX4630083 The planets of the solar system - Our solar system - Artwork - Illustration of the planets of the solar system. Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The planets are shown on a starry sky
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PIX4630170 The solar system - Our solar system - Artwork - Illustration of the planets of the solar system. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
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PIX4605819 Voyager 2 probe near Neptune - Voyager 2 spacecraft near Neptune - Artwork - The Voyager 2 probe orbited around Neptune in August 1989. Artist View Voyager 2 passes Neptune and Triton, its largest moon before leaving the Solar System forever
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PIX4622808 Neptune - Voyager 2 - Image of the Great Dark Spot on Neptune obtained by the Voyager 2 probe on August 23, 1989. The Great Dark Spot is the size of the Earth and winds are blowing at 300 m/s. This spot has now disappeared but other dark spots have been detected since then. Date: 08/23/89 Range: 2.8 million km. (1.7 million miles) Smallest Resolvable Feature: 50 km or 31 miles This Voyager 2 image shows the last face on view of the Great Dark Spot that Voyager 2 will take with the narrow angle camera. It was made 45 hours before the closest approach to Neptune. the image shows feathery white clouds that overlie the boundary of the dark and light blue regions. the pinwheel (spiral) structure of both the dark boundary and the white cirrus suggest a storm system rotating counterclockwise. Periodic, small - scale patterns in the white clouds, possibly waves, are short - lived and do not persist from one Neptunian rotation to the next. This color composite was made from the clear and green filter images
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PIX4630102 The solar system - Our solar system - Artwork - Illustration of the planets of the solar system. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
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PIX4630125 The solar system - Our solar system - Artwork - Illustration of the planets of the solar system. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
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PIX4630291 Les planetes du systeme solaire -2006 - Our solar system. 2006 - Les planetes sont representees par ordre de proximite au soleil. De haut en bas: Mercure, Venus, la Terre et la Lune, son satellite, Mars, Jupiter, Saturne, Uranus, Neptune. Depuis Aout 2006, Pluton est desormais appelee 134340 Pluton et n'est plus consideree comme une planete mais designee comme une planete naine. This is a montage of planetary images taken by spacecraft managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Included are (from top to bottom) images of Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The spacecraft responsible for these images are as follows: the Mercury image was taken by Mariner 10, the Venus image by Magellan, the Earth and Moon images by Galileo, the Mars image by Mars Global Surveyor, the Jupiter image by Cassini, and the Saturn, Uranus and Neptune images by Voyager. Pluto is not shown as no spacecraft has yet visited it. The inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, and Mars) are roughly to scale to each other; the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) are roughly to scale to each other
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PIX4630060 The solar system - Partial view - Our solar system. Artwork - Artist's view of the solar system. The planets represented are Mars, Earth, Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter. The Sun and a comet are also represented. Partial view of the planets of our solar system showing Mars, the Earth, Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter, a comet and the Sun
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PIX4608283 Kappa Andromedae b: Kappa Andromedae b is a hot, young, gaseous Giant Planet with about 13 times the mass of Jupiter. The “” Super-Jupiter”” Kappa Andromedae b, shown here in an artist's rendering, circles its star at almost twice the distance that Neptune orbits the sun. With a mass about 13 times Jupiter's, the object glows with a reddish color
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PIX4630111 The solar system - Our solar system - Artwork - Illustration of the planets of the solar system. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
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UIG2628616 View of Neptune compared to the earth, 2003.
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PIX4588252 Conjunction Venus Neptune - Venus close to Neptune - On December 27, 2008, Venus and Neptune were in conjunction 1.5* each other in the northwest portion of the constellation of Capricorn. Venus's magnitude was -4.3 and Neptune's magnitude was 8, a luminosite ratio of almost one hundred thousand times. The weakest stars visible in the image are thirteenth magnitude, one hundred times less brilliant than Neptune. Conjunction Venus Neptune on December 27, 2008 in the constellation of Capricornus
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PIX4630249 Artist's view of the solar system - Solar system artwork - Artist's view of the solar system. Planets are represented in order of proximity to the sun. From left to right: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Other dwarf planets are not represented. The planets are shown in the correct order of distance from the Sun, the correct relative sizes, and the correct relative orbital distances. The sizes of the bodies are greatly exaggerated relative to the orbital distances. The faint rings of Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune are not shown. Eris, Haumea, and Makemake do not appear in the illustration owing to their highly tilted orbits. The dwarf planet Ceres is not shown separately; it resides in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
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PIX4630230 Artist's view of the solar system - Solar system artwork - Artist's view of the solar system with Pluto. Planets are represented in order of proximity to the sun. From left to right: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. A comet and a planetary nebula are also represented. Solar system artwork with Pluto. The planets are shown from the nearest planet of the Sun, Mercury (left), to the farthest (right), Pluto. A comet and a planetary nebula are shown. Since August 2006, Pluto is no more a planet but a dwarf planet called 134340 Pluto
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PIX4630235 Artist's view of the solar system - Solar system artwork - Artist's view of the solar system. Planets are represented in order of proximity to the sun. From left to right: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. A comet and a galaxy are also represented. Solar system artwork. The planets are shown from the nearest planet of the Sun, Mercury (left), to the farthest (right), Neptune. A comet and a galaxy are shown. Since August 2006, Pluto is no more a planet but a dwarf planet called 134340 Pluto
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UIG2912226 Photograph of the planet Neptune taken through the green and orange filters on the Voyager 2. Dated 1989. 1989
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PIX4630133 The solar system - The solar system - Illustration of the solar system. Planets are represented in order of proximity to the sun. From left to right, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. The scale ratio of the respective size of the planets to the Sun is accurate. Saturn rings are not on scale, they extend in reality much further. All of the planets in scale to one another and to the sun. The rings of Saturn are not to scale
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PIX4630262 Density of planets of our solar system - Photomontage illustrating the density of planets. This is not about weight but about compression ratio, i.e. mass per centimeter-cubic. From the densest to the least dense, we find: the Earth (the densest of the planets), Mercury, then Venus, Mars, Pluto, Neptune, the Sun, Jupiter, Uranus... and, Saturn. Composite showing planets density. The densest is the Earth, the less dense is Saturn
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PIX4622776 Neptune - Voyager 2 - Image of Neptune obtained by the Voyager 2 probe on August 14, 1989 at 14.8 million km from the planet. Neptune has an equatorial diameter of about 49,000 kilometres. Its blue color is due to the abundance of methane in its atmosphere. On this photo, on the right, the Great Dark Spot, which is the size of the Earth where winds are blowing at 300 m/s. This spot has now disappeared but other dark spots have been detected since then. This contrast enhanced color photograph of Neptune was produced from images taken through the orange, green, and violet filters of the narrow angle camera. As Voyager 2 approaches Neptune, rapidly increasing image resolution is revealing striking new details in the planet's atmosphere, and this picture shows features as small as a few hundred kilometers in extent. Bright, wispy “” cirrus - type”” clouds are seen overlying the Great Dark Spot (GDS) at its southern (lower) margin and over its northwest (upper left) boundary. This is the first evidence that the GDS lies lower in the atmosphere than these bright clouds, which have remained in its vicinity for several months. Increasing detail in global banding, and the south polar can also be seen. A smaller dark spot at high southern latitudes is dimly visible near the limb at lower left
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UIG3525263 NEPTUNE Comment on Leverrier and the discovery of the planet Neptune.
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PIX4629608 La planete Neuf - Illustration - Planet Nine - Artwork: Vue d'artiste de la planete Neuf. The Ninth Planet is a hypothetical planet of the Solar System indirectly recorded, the existence of which is suggested by observing the orbits of several transneptunian objects. This planet would be gaseous, similar to Uranus or Neptune - This is a distant view from Planet Nine back towards the sun. The object is thought to be gaseous, similar to Uranus and Neptune. Hypothetical lightning lights up the night side
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PIX4622787 Neptune - Voyager 2 - Neptune has an equatorial diameter of about 49,000 kilometres. Its blue color is due to the abundance of methane in its atmosphere. On this photo, on the left, the Great Dark Spot, which is the size of the Earth where winds are blowing at 300 m/s. This spot has now disappeared but other dark spots have been detected since then. Image of Neptune obtained by the Voyager 2 probe on August 16, 1989. During August 16 and 17, 1989, the Voyager 2 narrow - angle camera was used to photograph Neptune almost continuously, recording approximately two and one - half rotations of the planet. These images represent the most complete set of full disk Neptune images that the spacecraft will acquire. This picture from the sequence shows two of the four cloud features which have been tracked by the Voyager cameras during the past two months. The large dark oval near the western limb (the left edge) is at a latitude of 22 degrees south and circuits Neptune every 18.3 hours. The bright clouds immediately to the south and east of this oval are seen to substantially change their appearances in periods as short as four hours. The second dark spot, at 54 degrees south latitude near the terminator (lower right edge), Neptune circuits every 16.1 hours. This image has been processed to enchance the visibility of small features, at some sacrifice of color fidelity
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PIX4630194 Solar System - Solar System (artist's printing) - Illustration of the planets of the solar system. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The four dwarf planets beyond Neptune are represented. This image shows an artist's impression of the Solar System
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PIX4630042 Dwarf planets - Dwarf planets Ceres, Pluto, and Eris compared - Comparison at the scale of dwarf planets. From left to right are represented Ceres, Pluto and Eris. Ceres was elevated from asteroid to the status of dwarf planet in 2006 when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) reviewed Pluto's status as the solar system's 9th planet. Pluto was subsequently demoted to dwarf planet. In this image, from left to right are the dwarf planets Ceres, Pluto, and Eris. Eris was discovered in 2003 and is now the largest of the known dwarf planets. It is believed to be slightly more massive than Pluto and follows a highly eccentric orbit that alternately brings it as close as the orbits of Neptune and Pluto and as far as over twice Pluto's furthest distance from the Sun. It was the discovery of Eris that prompted the re-evaluation of Pluto as a planet
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PIX4630279 Artist's view of the solar system - Artist's view of the solar system. Planets are represented in order of proximity to the sun. On the right, the terrestrial planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon) Mars; on the left, the gas giant planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. A comet, the asteroid belt and Pluto's orbit are also represented. Our solar system features eight planets, seen in this artist's diagram. Although there is some debate within the science community as to whether Pluto should be classified as a Planet or a dwarf planet, the International Astronomical Union has decided on the term plutoid as a name for dwarf planets like Pluto. This representation is intentionally fanciful, as the planets are depicted far closer together than they really are. Similarly, the bodies' relative sizes are inaccurate. This is done for the purpose of being able to depict the solar system and still represent the bodies with some detail. (Otherwise the Sun would be a mere speck, and the planets -even the majestic Jupiter - would be far too small to be seen.
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PIX4630077 The solar system - Our solar system - Artwork - Illustration of the planets of the solar system in orbit around the Sun
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UIG3525264 Louis—Phillipe receiving Leverrier at the Tuileries after the discovery the planet Neptune.
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PIX4607276 Artist's view of the New Horizons probe and a Kuiper object - The New Horizons spacecraft near Kuiper Belt Object - Artist's view of the New Horizons probe approaching a Kuiper object. The Sun shines more than 6 billion km surrounded by a disc of dust. Jupiter and Neptune appear as two stars to the right of the Sun. The New Horizons probe was launched on 19 January 2006 to Jupiter, then Pluto and Charon, which it will reach in 2015 and Kuiper's objects in 2020. Artist's impression of the New Horizons spacecraft encountering a Kuiper Belt object. The Sun, more than 4.1 billion miles (6.7 billion kilometers) away, shines as a bright star embedded in the glow of the zodiacal dust cloud. Jupiter and Neptune are visible as orange and blue “” stars””” to the right of the Sun. Although you would not actually see the myriad other objects that make up the Kuiper Belt because they are so far apart, they are shown here to give the impression of an extensive disk of icy worlds beyond Neptune
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PIX4573193 Planetary system around the star HD 69830 - Planetary System Around HD 69830 - Artist's view of three planets orbiting around the star HD 69830. This planetary system is the first detects around a star similar to the Sun that contains several planets whose mass is less than that of Jupiter. It seems that this system also has an asteroid belt. Using the ultra - precise HARPS spectrograph on Eso's 3.6 - m telescope at La Silla (Chile), a team of European astronomers have discovered that a nearby star is host to three Neptune - mass planets. The innermost planet is most likely rocky, while the outermost is the first known Neptune - mass planet to reside in the habitable zone. This unique system is likely further enriched by an asteroid belt. This view portaits a point of view inside the asteroid belt, which is assumed here to lie between the two outermost planets
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PIX4573201 Planetary system around the star HD 69830 - Planetary System Around HD 69830 - Artist's view of three planets orbiting around the star HD 69830. This planetary system is the first detects around a star similar to the Sun that contains several planets whose mass is less than that of Jupiter. It seems that this system also has an asteroid belt. Using the ultra - precise HARPS spectrograph on Eso's 3.6 - m telescope at La Silla (Chile), a team of European astronomers have discovered that a nearby star is host to three Neptune - mass planets. The innermost planet is most likely rocky, while the outermost is the first known Neptune - mass planet to reside in the habitable zone. This unique system is likely further enriched by an asteroid belt. This view portaits a point of view inside the asteroid belt, which is assumed here to lie between the two outermost planets
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PIX4573100 Planet around the star Fomalhaut - Planet orbiting star Fomalhaut - First visible light photo of an extrasolar planet obtained by the space telescope Hubble. The planet called Fomalhaut b, is a planet with a mass close to Jupiter, orbiting the star Fomalhaut, 25 years - light from Earth in the constellation of Southern Fish. The star Fomalhaut (indicated by a white dot) is hidden here to show the dust disc surrounding it and the position of the planet. Located at a distance of about four times that separating Neptune from the Sun, Fomalhaut b makes a complete orbit around its star in 872 years. November 2008 - This image, taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the newly discovered planet, Fomalhaut b, orbiting its parent star, Fomalhaut. The small white box at lower right pinpoints the planet's location. Fomalhaut b has carved a path along the inner edge of a vast, dusty debris ring encircling Fomalhaut that is 34.5 billion kilometers across. Fomalhaut b lies three billion kilometers inside the ring's inner edge and orbits 17 billion kilometers from its star. The inset at bottom right is a composite image showing the planet's position during Hubble observations taken in 2004 and 2006. Astronomers have calculated that Fomalhaut b completes an orbit around its parent star every 872 years. The white dot in the centre of the image marks the star's location. The region around Fomalhaut's location is black because astronomers used the Advanced Camera's coronagraph to block out the star's bright glare so that the dim planet could be seen. Fomalhaut b is 100 million times fainter than its star. The radial streaks are scattered starlight. The red dot at lower left is a background star. The Fomalhaut system is 25 light - years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. This false - colour image was taken in October 2004 and July 2006
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PIX4625850 Geyser sur Enceladus - Artist view - Water geyser on Enceladus - Artist view - Artist view of an ice geyser on the surface of the Enceladus satellite. In the sky, the planet Saturn and its satellite Mimas. Liquid water reaches the surface of Enceladus' south pole and drives a massive plume of ice crystals into the sky. The combination of Enceladus' low surface gravity and the geyser's force accelerate the crystals to escape velocity, where sunlight breaks the water molecules down into their constituent atoms of hydrogen and oxygen. Saturn itself appears low on the horizon due to the proximity to Enceladus' pole. The small object immediately to Saturn's left is another icy moon named Mimas. Somewhat smaller than Enceladus and closer to Saturn, Mimas sprints around Saturn in slightly less than one Earth day. In March 2006 Nasa's Cassini probe revealed evidence of water - driven geysers on the surface of Enceladus. At first glance Enceladus doesn't seem to be a likely host for liquid water as the surface is extremely cold, about - 330* F. However, tidal forces from Saturn's massive gravity alternately pull and push on Enceladus 'interior, creating enough heat to melt the water ice immediately beneath the surface. This water is believed to periodically break through the surface as geysers, similar to Yellowstone's Old Faithful. There are only three other places in the Solar System where this kind of geologic activity is known to exist: our own Earth, Jupiter's satellite Io, and Neptune's satellite Triton. What makes Enceladus especially interesting is that this the most compelling evidence yet for liquid water - - a requirement for life - - on any world beyond the Earth
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PIX4625896 Geyser sur Enceladus - Artist's view - Water geyser on Enceladus - Artist's view of an ice geyser on the surface of the Enceladus satellite. In the sky, the planet Saturn and its satellite Mimas. Liquid water reaches the surface of Enceladus' south pole and drives a massive plume of ice crystals into the sky. The combination of Enceladus' low surface gravity and the geyser's force accelerate the crystals to escape velocity, where sunlight breaks the water molecules down into their constituent atoms of hydrogen and oxygen. Saturn itself appears low on the horizon due to the proximity to Enceladus' pole. The small object immediately to Saturn's left is another icy moon named Mimas. Somewhat smaller than Enceladus and closer to Saturn, Mimas sprints around Saturn in slightly less than one Earth day. In March 2006 Nasa's Cassini probe revealed evidence of water - driven geysers on the surface of Enceladus. At first glance Enceladus doesn't seem to be a likely host for liquid water as the surface is extremely cold, about - 330* F. However, tidal forces from Saturn's massive gravity alternately pull and push on Enceladus 'interior, creating enough heat to melt the water ice immediately beneath the surface. This heated water is believed to periodically erupt like a volcano, a process known as cryovolcanism. There are only three other places in the Solar System where active volcanism is known to exist: our own Earth, Jupiter's satellite Io, and Neptune's satellite Triton. What makes Enceladus especially interesting is that this the most compelling evidence yet for liquid water - - a requirement for life - - on any world beyond the Earth
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PIX6318764 This artist's rendering shows the eight major planets of our solar system lined up as if they were transiting the Sun. Although such a view would not be possible in reality, the graphic is intended to show the accurate scale of the planets, relative to each other and the Sun.The planets are represented in order of proximity to the sun. From left to right, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. The scale ratio of the respective sizes of the planets to the Sun is accurate. Saturn's rings are not scaled, they actually extend much further.
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CCI2122105 Paranormal. Astrology. Neptune (planet). Astrologic card from: Le Tarot Astrologique (Astrological Tarot), by Georges Muchery, France, 1927.
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LLM5993259 Bouvard. Illustration for Les Merveilles De La Science ou Description Populaire des Inventions Modernes by Louis Figuier (Furne, Jouvet, c 1870).
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LLM5993279 Observatoire de Paris. Illustration for Les Merveilles De La Science ou Description Populaire des Inventions Modernes by Louis Figuier (Furne, Jouvet, c 1870).
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PIX4573136 Planet around the star Fomalhaut - Planet orbiting star Fomalhaut - Artist's view of the extrasolar planet Fomalhaut b, a planet with a mass close to Jupiter, orbiting the star Fomalhaut, 25 years ago - light from Earth in the constellation of the Southern Fish. Located at a distance of about four times that separating Neptune from the Sun, Fomalhaut b makes a complete orbit around its star in 872 years. This illustration shows the discovered planet, Fomalhaut b, orbiting its sun, Fomalhaut. This structure is a Saturn - like ring that astronomers say may encircle the planet. Fomalhaut also is surrounded by a ring of material. The edge of this vast disk is shown in the background as the curving cloud - like feature that appears to intersect the 200 - million year - old star. Fomalhaut b lies three billion kilometers inside the disk's inner edge. The planet completes an orbit around Fomalhaut every 872 years
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PIX4633164 Earth at the end of Permian - Ring arcs over the Permian Earth - A ring of rocks and dust is orbiting the Earth. The massive continent below is Pangee and the ocean to the west is Panthalassa. This is what Earth was supposed to look like at the end of Permian, about 260 million years ago, before the first dinosaurs appeared. This ring around the Earth was of earthly origin, constitutes debris thrown into orbit by collision with a meteorite or comet. Over time, these debris have either fallen or fallen back to Earth in a meteorite rain. A dusty ring arc orbits four thousand miles above Earth's equator. The massive continent below is Pangea and the ocean to the west is Panthalassa. This is how the Earth may have appeared during the end of the Permian period, a time just prior to the appearance of the dinosaurs, when continental drift was pulling Pangea apart into the seven continents we know today. 260 million years ago the Earth may have been host to ring arcs similar to the incomplete rings that currently circumscribe the planet Neptune. Unlike Neptune's rings, the ring arcs around the Earth were of terrestrial origin, debris thrown into orbit by a collision with a large meteorite or comet. The debris consisted of tiny pebbles that were once molten droplets of ejecta, long since cooled in the vacuum of space. The orbit of the ring arc would eventually decay, returning the debris back to Earth as a shower of meteorites. This debris is found on Earth's surface today in the form of dark, glassy objects known as tektites
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PIX4573107 Planet around the star Fomalhaut - Planet orbiting star Fomalhaut - First visible light photo of an extrasolar planet obtained by the space telescope Hubble. The planet called Fomalhaut b, is a planet with a mass close to Jupiter, orbiting the star Fomalhaut, 25 years - light from Earth in the constellation of Southern Fish. The star Fomalhaut (indicated by a white dot) is hidden here to show the dust disc surrounding it and the position of the planet. Located at a distance of about four times that separating Neptune from the Sun, Fomalhaut b makes a complete orbit around its star in 872 years. November 2008 - This image, taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the newly discovered planet, Fomalhaut b, orbiting its parent star, Fomalhaut. The small white box at lower right pinpoints the planet's location. Fomalhaut b has carved a path along the inner edge of a vast, dusty debris ring encircling Fomalhaut that is 34.5 billion kilometers across. Fomalhaut b lies three billion kilometers inside the ring's inner edge and orbits 17 billion kilometers from its star. The inset at bottom right is a composite image showing the planet's position during Hubble observations taken in 2004 and 2006. Astronomers have calculated that Fomalhaut b completes an orbit around its parent star every 872 years. The white dot in the centre of the image marks the star's location. The region around Fomalhaut's location is black because astronomers used the Advanced Camera's coronagraph to block out the star's bright glare so that the dim planet could be seen. Fomalhaut b is 100 million times fainter than its star. The radial streaks are scattered starlight. The red dot at lower left is a background star. The Fomalhaut system is 25 light - years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. This false - colour image was taken in October 2004 and July 2006
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GIA4778870 Portrait of Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier or (Leverrier), French mathematician and astronomer (1811-1877). He is the first observer of the planet Neptune.
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PIX4624480 Summer on Pluto - Illustration - Summer on Pluto - Artist view - Artist view of Pluto's surface when the planet is closer to the Sun and sees its weak atmosphere reforming. Despite its small size and extreme distance from the Sun, Pluto does have an atmosphere. The atmosphere arises because there are periods when Pluto is closer to the Sun than Neptune, making it the 8th planet from the Sun for roughly 20 years at a time (on 11 February 1999, Pluto crossed Neptune's orbit and once again became farther from the Sun Neptune and will remain so until the year 2231). During this plutonian “” summer”” the ices on Pluto's surface sublimate and form a methane and nitrogen atmosphere. This atmosphere is continually produced and lost again while Pluto is inside Neptune's orbit; during this time the density of Pluto's atmosphere may rival that of Mars
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PIX4622779 Neptune and Triton seen by Voyager 2 - Image obtained by the Voyager 2 probe on July 3, 1989 at a distance of 76 million km from the planet
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PIX4665568 Plaque de la rue Le Verrier in Paris - Street Plaque in Paris - Rue du 6th arrondissement de Paris in tribute to the French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (1811 - 1877). He discovered the position of the planet Neptune and directed the Paris Observatory. Rue Le Verrier, street sign. Urban Astronomer Jean Joseph Le Verrier was known to discover the planet Neptune
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PIX4630115 The Solar System - Illustration of the Solar System. Planets are represented in order of proximity to the sun. From left to right, the sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, the belt of asteroids, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Charon. Since August 2006, Pluto is now called 134340 Pluto and is no longer considered a planet but designed as a dwarf planet. The scale ratio of orbit distances is accurate as well as the relative size of planets
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PIX4669572 A ring of rocks and dust is orbiting the Earth. The massive continent below is Pangee and the ocean to the west is Panthalassa. This is what Earth was supposed to look like at the end of Permian, about 260 million years ago, before the first dinosaurs appeared. This ring around the Earth was of earthly origin, constitutes debris thrown into orbit by collision with a meteorite or comet. Over time, these debris have fallen or fallen to Earth in a meteorite rain - A dusty ring arc orbits four thousand miles above Earth's equator. The massive continent below is Pangea and the ocean to the west is Panthalassa. This is how the Earth may have appeared during the end of the Permian period, a time just prior to the appearance of the dinosaurs, when continental drift was pulling Pangea apart into the seven continents we know today - 260 million years ago the Earth may have been host to ring arcs similar to the incomplete rings that currently circumscribe the planet Neptune . Unlike Neptune's rings, the ring arcs around the Earth were of terrestrial origin, debris thrown into orbit by a collision with a large meteorite or comet. The debris consisted of tiny pebbles that were once molten droplets of ejecta, long since cooled in the vacuum of space. The orbit of the ring arc would eventually decay, returning the debris back to Earth as a shower of meteorites. This debris is found on Earth's surface today in the form of dark, glassy objects known as tektites.: La Terre à la fin du Permien - Ring arcs over the Permian Earth
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GIA4784574 Portrait of Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier or (Leverrier), French mathematician and astronomer (1811-1877). He is the first observer of the planet Neptune.
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UIG5309055 Cartoon commenting on Urbain Le Verrier's discovery of the planet Neptune. Urbain Le Verrier (1811-1877) a French mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics and is best known for predicting the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics. Dated 19th century01/02/1848
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PIX7211101 Illustration d'un véhicule d'exploration interplanétaire (IEV) près de Neptune et Triton.
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PIX4655496 Statue of the astronomer Urbain Le Verrier - Statue of Urbain Le Verrier in Paris - Statue of the astronomer Urbain Le Verrier, in the courtyard of the Observatory of Paris. The Glasswood (1811 - 1877) became famous by discovering the planet Neptune solely by calculation. He was also director of the Paris Observatory from 1854 to 1870 and from 1873 to 1877. Statue of the astronomer Urbain Le Verrier (1811 - 1877) outside the Paris observatory, discoverer of the planet Neptune
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PIX7211102 Illustration d'un véhicule d'exploration interplanétaire (IEV) près de Neptune et Triton.
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CHT233739 John Couch Adams (1819-92) discovered planet using mathematics but it was actually located by Urbain Le Verrier (1811-77);
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XOS1218575 Dark, cold and whipped by supersonic winds, Neptune is the last of the hydrogen and helium gas giants in our solar system. More than 30 times as far from the sun as Earth, the planet takes almost 165 Earth years to orbit our sun. In 2011 Neptune completed its first orbit since its discovery in 1846;
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XOS1218576 Dark, cold and whipped by supersonic winds, Neptune is the last of the hydrogen and helium gas giants in our solar system. More than 30 times as far from the sun as Earth, the planet takes almost 165 Earth years to orbit our sun. In 2011 Neptune completed its first orbit since its discovery in 1846;Computer generated image by NASA;
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PIX4622792 Neptune seen by Voyager 2 1989 - Image of Neptune obtained by the Voyager 2 probe at 16 million km from the planet. Neptune has an equatorial diameter of about 49,000 kilometres. Its blue color is due to the abundance of methane in its atmosphere. On this photo, on the left, the Great Dark Spot, which is the size of the Earth where winds are blowing at 300 m/s. This spot has now disappeared but other dark spots have been detected since then. Under the Great Dark Spot, a small shiny cloud of irregular shape moving very quickly, nicknames the scooter
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XIR208412 director of the Paris Observatory; discovered Neptune using mathematics;
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CHT244934 director of the Paris Observatory; discovered the planet Neptune using mathematics; portrait bears signature of Le Verrier;
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PIX4665609 Plaque de la rue Newton a Paris - Street Plaque in Paris - Rue du 16eme arrondissement de Paris, in tribute to Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727), English physicist and astronomer. He carried out numerous optical works before discovering the law of universal gravity, published in 1687 in “Les principes mathematiques de la philosophie naturelles”. This law explains the movements of planets around the Sun, of which Kepler's laws are a consequence. This same law will allow Urban Le Glassrier to discover the planet Neptune, only by calculation. Newton Street, street sign. English astronomer Isaac Newton described the universal gravitation
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PIX4577456 Terre et Lune - Vue d'artiste - Earth and Moon. Artwork - La Terre et la Lune representees a l'echelle (de taille mais pas en distance) sur fond d'etoiles. Artist view of the Earth and the Moon showing their actual relative size (but not the actual distance between the two). Earth's equatorial diameter is 12,756 km while the Moon's diameter is 3,476 km. The Moon is actually one of the largest natural satellites in the Solar System, smaller only than Jupiter's Ganymede, Callisto and Io as well as Saturn's Titan, but bigger than Jupiter's Europa, Neptune's Triton and the planet Pluto
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CCI3433756 Paranormal. Astrologie. Neptune (planete). Lame in: Le Tarot Astrologique, de Georges Muchery, France, 1927. Coll. Part. Paranormal. Astrology. Neptune (planet). Astrologic card from: Le Tarot Astrologique (Astrological Tarot), by Georges Muchery, France, 1927.
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KWE2832672 Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (1811-77), French mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics. Louis Philippe I (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850), King of the French from 1830 to 1848.
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UIS5100618 Neptune, full disc view, 2 April 1990. 'This picture of Neptune was produced from the last whole planet images taken through the green and orange filters on the Voyager 2 narrow angle camera. The images were taken at a range of 4.4 million miles from the planet, 4 days and 20 hours before closest approach. The picture shows the Great Dark Spot and its companion bright smudge; on the west limb the fast moving bright feature called Scooter and the little dark spot are visible. These clouds were seen to persist for as long as Voyager's cameras could resolve them. North of these, a bright cloud band similar to the south polar streak may be seen. Years later, when the Hubble telescope was focused on the planet, these atmospheric features had changed, indicating that Neptune's atmosphere is dynamic.' ©SSPL/NASA
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ACD224657 communication de Verrier, compte rendu des seances de l'Academie des sciences; predicted the existence and position of Neptune;
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YOU4418675 Statue of Urbain Le Verrier (1811-1877), astronomer, French mathematician, specializes in celestial mechanics, famous for having cocole the position of the planet Neptune, Sculpture by Henri Chapu (1833-1891). .
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PIX4607319 The New Horizons probe - The New Horizons spacecraft - The New Horizons probe at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in September 2005. The New Horizons probe was launched on 19 January 2006 to Jupiter, then Pluto and Charon, which it reached in 2015 and Kuiper's objects in 2020. In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the New Horizons spacecraft rests on a work stand. New Horizons will make the first recognition of Pluto and Charon - a “double planet”” and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015
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UIS5072287 The planet Uranus, 1986. True and false colour images of the planet Uranus taken by Voyager 2. NASA's two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 to explore the planets in the outer solar system. Voyager 2 reached Jupiter 1979 before flying on to Saturn which it reached in 1981. It eventually reached Uranus in 1986 and moved on towards Neptune. Uranus, the 7th planet from the Sun, was discovered by William Herschel in 1781. It is a gas giant planet, with an atmosphere of 83% hydrogen, 15% helium and 2% methane; the latter absorbs red light in the upper atmosphere, giving the planet its blue colour. Like Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus has bands of cloud which circulate rapidly in its atmosphere, but they can only be seen with colour enhancement as in the lower of these images. ©SSPL/NASA
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PIX4607343 The New Horizons probe - The New Horizons spacecraft - The New Horizons probe at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in September 2005. The New Horizons probe was launched on 19 January 2006 to Jupiter, then Pluto and Charon, which it reached in 2015 and Kuiper's objects in 2020. In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the New Horizons spacecraft is moved toward a work stand (behind it) for a checkout. New Horizons will make the first recognition of Pluto and Charon - a “double planet”” and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015
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PIX4607322 The New Horizons probe - The New Horizons spacecraft - The New Horizons probe at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in September 2005. The New Horizons probe was launched on 19 January 2006 to Jupiter, then Pluto and Charon, which it reached in 2015 and Kuiper's objects in 2020. In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers begin checking out the New Horizons spacecraft, which rests on a work stand. New Horizons will make the first recognition of Pluto and Charon - a “double planet”” and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015
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UIS5071857 The planet Jupiter, Voyager 1979. Photographed by one of the Voyager spacecraft. The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is a type of planet known as a gas giant, with an atmosphere composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. The atmosphere contains distinctive banded cloud formations, and a number of large storms, the most famous of which, the Great Red Spot, is larger than the Earth and has been in existence for at least 300 years. NASA's two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 to explore the planets in the outer solar system. Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter at 278,000 kilometres in March 1979 before flying on to Saturn. Voyager 2 reached Jupiter in 1979 before visiting Saturn in 1981, Uranus (1986) and Neptune (1989). ©SSPL/NASA
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PIX4607326 The New Horizons probe - The New Horizons spacecraft - The New Horizons probe at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in September 2005. The New Horizons probe was launched on 19 January 2006 to Jupiter, then Pluto and Charon, which it reached in 2015 and Kuiper's objects in 2020. At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians from the Applied Physics Laboratory work on the New Horizons spacecraft. They have been installing side panels on the spacecraft. A series of interconnecting panels will enclose the spacecraft beneath the antenna to maintain safe operating temperatures in space. New Horizons will make the first recognition of Pluto and Charon - a “double planet”” and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015
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UIS5072303 The planet Jupiter, photographed by Voyager 2, 1979. NASA's two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 to explore the planets in the outer solar system. Voyager 2 reached Jupiter in 1979 before flying on to reach Saturn in 1981, Uranus(1986) and Neptune (1989). The final phase of its mission is to cruise out of the solar system into interstellar space, continuing to return information until it loses contact with Earth. The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is a type of planet known as a gas giant, with an atmosphere composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. The atmosphere contains a number of large storms, the most famous of which, the Great Red Spot, is larger than the Earth and has been in existence for at least 300 years. Two of Jupiter's moons are visible in this photograph. ©SSPL/NASA
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UIS5071125 The planet Saturn and three of its moons, 1981. This picture taken by Voyager 2 from a distance of 21 million kilometres, shows the planet and three of its moons; Tethys, Dione and Rhea, with one casting a shadow on the planet. Saturn is a gas giant similar in atmospheric composition to Jupiter, with banded cloud formations. It rotates very quickly, causing it to appear oblate (flattened at the poles). The origin and formation of the rings, which are composed of ice and ice-coated dust and rock, are not precisely understood, but it seems that tidal effects caused by some of Saturn's moons play a role in maintaining their structure. NASA's two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 to explore the planets in the outer solar system. Voyager 2 passed Saturn in August 1981, before continuing on to Uranus and Neptune. ©SSPL/NASA
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GRL7292810 Civic Museum of Chiericati Palace, by Battista Zeloti. In the center, Zeus, Juno, Neptune and Cybele, which represent fire, air, water and earth.
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GRL7292826 by Battista Zeloti. In the center, Zeus, Juno, Neptune and Cybele, which represent fire, air, water and earth. In the monochromes, episodes from the myth of Io and in the lunettes, personifications of the Bacchiglione, Retrone and Astico rivers. The stuccos are by Bartolomeo Ridolfi.
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XOS8970634 Painting by James ThornhillZeus, Juno, Poseidon and other mythological figures; Probably designed for Cannons, a stately home in Middlesex built for James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, since demolished;
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XJF359090 John Couch Adams (1819-92) English astronomer and mathematician; he discovered the planet Neptune in 1845, purely through mathematics;
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LLM977497 Urbain Le Verrier (1811-1877), French mathematician and astronomer who discovered the planet Neptune. French educational card, early 20th century.
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UIS5087823 John Couch Adams, English astronomer, 1880-1890. Engraved plate taken from 'Collected Scientific Papers of John Couch Adams' of 1896. In 1845, Adams (1819-1892) deduced mathematically the existence and location of the planet Neptune. Adams was appointed professor of astronomy at Cambridge in 1858, and was director of the Cambridge Observatory from 1861. ©SSPL/Science Museum
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UIS5087856 John Couch Adams, English astronomer, 1866-1879. Carte de visite (visiting card) photograph of John Couch Adams (1819-1892) by Maull & Co. In 1845, Adams deduced mathematically the existence and location of the planet Neptune. Adams was appointed professor of astronomy at Cambridge in 1858, and was director of the Cambridge Observatory from 1861. ©SSPL/Science Museum
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UIS5071737 View along the horizon of Jupiter, 1979. Photographed by one of the Voyager spacecraft. The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is a type of planet known as a gas giant, with an atmosphere composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. The atmosphere contains distinctive banded cloud formations, and a number of large storms, the most famous of which, the Great Red Spot, is larger than the Earth and has been in existence for at least 300 years. NASA's two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 to explore the planets in the outer solar system. Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter at 278,000 kilometres in March 1979 before flying on to Saturn. Voyager 2 reached Jupiter in 1979 before visiting Saturn in 1981, Uranus (1986) and Neptune (1989). ©SSPL/NASA
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UIS5071862 Close up of the cloud patterns of Jupiter, 1979. Photographed by one of the Voyager spacecraft. The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is a type of planet known as a gas giant, with an atmosphere composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. The atmosphere contains distinctive banded cloud formations, and a number of large storms, such as the white oval just to the right of centre in the photograph. The famous Great Red Spot is a storm larger than the Earth and has been in existence for at least 300 years. NASA's two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 to explore the planets in the outer solar system. Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter at 278,000 kilometres in March 1979 before flying on to Saturn. Voyager 2 reached Jupiter in 1979 before visiting Saturn in 1981, Uranus (1986) and Neptune (1989). ©SSPL/NASA
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UIS5071565 Close up of the clouds on Jupiter, 1979. Photographed by one of the Voyager spacecraft. The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is a type of planet known as a gas giant, with an atmosphere composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. The atmosphere contains distinctive banded cloud formations, and a number of large storms, the most famous of which, the Great Red Spot, is larger than the Earth and has been in existence for at least 300 years. NASA's two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 to explore the planets in the outer solar system. Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter at 278,000 kilometres in March 1979 before flying on to Saturn. Voyager 2 reached Jupiter in 1979 before visiting Saturn in 1981, Uranus (1986) and Neptune (1989). ©SSPL/NASA
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