Why Does Neptune Have 11 Satellites
The gas giant planet neptune in our solar system has 14 known moons including the strange backwards orbiting triton.
Why does neptune have 11 satellites. And these do not require human interference. The more common term for natural satellites is moons. Neptune has 14 natural satellites not 11. Triton is a satellite of neptune.
Well call me a scientist satellites are sometimes known as anything that can orbit a rock star or planet. Earth s moon is a satellite of earth. It s just a term for an orbiting object man made or otherwise. So neptune does have eleven or more who knows moons.
Neptune is the eighth and farthest known solar planet from the sun in the solar system it is the fourth largest planet by diameter the third most massive planet and the densest giant planet it is 17 times the mass of earth slightly more massive than its near twin uranus neptune is denser and physically smaller than uranus because its greater mass causes more gravitational compression of. Neptune is too far from earth for orbiting man made satellites to be deployed now. 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. Satellites are usually known.
In a sense the planets are all satellites of the sun.