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    Moon of Neptune

    Triton

    Neptune's largest moon, orbiting backwards with active nitrogen geysers.

    • Imaged by Voyager 2 in 1989; likely a captured Kuiper Belt object.

    Key facts

    Mean diameter
    2,706.8 km
    Mass
    2.14 × 10^22 kg (0.00358 Earths)
    Surface gravity
    0.779 m/s² (0.0794 g)
    Escape velocity
    1.45 km/s
    Mean temperature
    -235 °C
    Rotation period
    141.05 hours
    Orbital period
    5.877 days (retrograde)
    Mean distance from Neptune
    0.35476 million km

    Atmosphere

    Negligible or extremely thin.

    Composition and structure

    Rock and ice.

    Discovery and exploration

    Imaged by Voyager 2 in 1989; likely a captured Kuiper Belt object.

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