Neptune S Moons Names And Pictures

Neptune has moons which have unusual orbits.

Neptune s moons names and pictures. Two moons psamathe discovered in 2002 and neso discovered in 2003 are unusual because they have the largest orbits for any moons discovered in the solar system so far. Nasa space neptune moons astronomy science solarsystem. While the inner moons formed in situ it s believed all of the irregular moons were captured by neptune s gravity. Mar 2 2016 pins related to the 14 moons of planet neptune.

Over a century passed before the discovery of the second natural satellite nereid neptune s outermost moon neso which has an orbital period of about 26 julian. See more ideas about astronomy neptune solar system. Neptune the farthest planet from the sun has 14 known moons. Neptune neptune neptune s moons and rings.

Neptune has at least 14 moons and six known narrow rings. Almost half of the discoveries took place decades after nasa s voyager 2 spacecraft swung by the planet and its system demonstrating. Stocktrek images getty images. The planet neptune has 14 known moons which are named for minor water deities in greek mythology by far the largest of them is triton discovered by william lassell on october 10 1846 17 days after the discovery of neptune itself.

While all of the moons have names relating to the god neptune or to the sea the irregular moons are all named for daughters of nereus and doris the attendants of neptune.