planet · the Solar System
Neptune
The deep-blue outermost planet, with the fastest winds in the Solar System.
- Type
- Planet
- Orbits
- the Sun
- Distance
- in the Solar System
- Diameter
- about 49,244 km
About Neptune
- Its winds reach about 2,000 km/h, the fastest measured in the Solar System.
- Voyager 2 flew past it in 1989.
- Its largest moon, Triton, orbits backwards and is probably a captured Kuiper Belt object.
Visit Neptune in VR
In IKAREE, Neptune is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for Neptune. Full impulse.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for Neptune, Captain.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of Neptune.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
