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Because Pluto pursues an eccentric orbit in comparison with the other worlds of the
solar system, Neptune is periodically the farthest planet
from the Sun. This gas giant follows its course on
the outer fringes of the Solar System.
The cold, blue world of Neptune, outermost of the gas giants.
Surface map courtesy Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Copyright (c) California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. All rights reserved.
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With a diameter of 49,500km, Neptune is the smallest of the
Jovian planets. In comparison
to our own Earth, though, it is gigantic.
Surface map courtesy Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Copyright (c) California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. All rights reserved.
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