Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. It has eight satellites, the largest being Triton and Nereid, and a faint planar system of rings or ring fragments. It has a mean distance from the sun of 4497 million km and takes 164.8 years to orbit the sun and 14 hours to rotate. Research Neptune
In Greek mythology, the Nereid were 50 sea goddesses, or nymphs, who sometimes mated with mortals. Their father was Nereus and their mother was Doris. Research Nereid
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