
Moons of Neptune - Wikipedia
An annotated picture of some of Neptune's many moons as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The bright blue diffraction star is Triton, Neptune's largest moon; while Hippocamp, …
Triton (moon) - Wikipedia
Triton is the largest natural satellite of the planet Neptune. It is the only moon of Neptune massive enough to be rounded under its own gravity and hosts a thin, hazy atmosphere. Triton orbits …
Triton - NASA Science
2024年11月3日 · Triton is the largest of Neptune's 13 moons. It is unusual because it is the only large moon in our solar system that orbits in the opposite direction of its planet's rotation―a …
Neptune Moons Facts - Science@NASA
2025年1月17日 · Triton (not to be confused with Saturn's moon, Titan), is far and away the largest of Neptune's satellites. Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper (for whom the Kuiper Belt …
Neptune Moons - Science@NASA
2025年1月29日 · Neptune has 16 known moons. English merchant and astronomer William Lassell discovered the first and largest moon – Triton – on Oct. 10, 1846, just 17 days after a …
14 Neptune Moons Names, Number, and List - Planets Education
Neptune is the farthest planet of our solar system and it has 14 known moons. In the 14 Neptune Moons, Triton is the largest moon of Neptune. The first discovered Neptune moon was ‘Triton’ …
Moons of Neptune | Table, List, Year Discovered, & Facts
Neptune is the planet in the solar system that is farthest from the Sun; it has 14 known moons. The largest by far is Triton, which is nearly the size of Earth’s Moon. Triton is the only large …
In Depth | Triton – NASA Solar System Exploration
Triton is the largest of Neptune's 13 moons. It is unusual because it is the only large moon in our solar system that orbits in the opposite direction of its planet's rotation―a retrograde orbit. …
Triton, Neptune's largest moon | The Planetary Society
Triton, the largest of Neptune’s 14 known moons, gets 900 times less sunlight than Earth, and much of that light reflects off the icy world’s surface. This makes Triton one of the chilliest …
Triton | Facts & Composition | Britannica
2025年1月20日 · Triton, largest of Neptune’s moons, whose unusual orbital characteristics suggest that it formed elsewhere in the solar system and was later captured by Neptune. It …