Neptune
Neptune is the outermost major planet. This topic is part of Astronomy within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 12 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Neptune trivia questions
Neptune is the how-many-th planet from the Sun?
Answer: Eighth
Bonus fact: Neptune is the outermost major planet.
What color is Neptune commonly depicted because of methane in its atmosphere?
Answer: Blue
Bonus fact: Methane absorbs red light, contributing to a blue appearance.
What is Neptune's largest moon?
Answer: Triton
Bonus fact: Triton orbits Neptune in a retrograde direction.
What region far beyond Neptune is thought to be the source of many long-period comets?
Answer: Oort Cloud
Bonus fact: The Oort Cloud is a distant spherical reservoir of icy bodies surrounding the solar system.
Pluto lies primarily in what region beyond Neptune?
Answer: Kuiper Belt
Bonus fact: The Kuiper Belt contains many icy bodies.
LHS 1140 b is often described as what broad type of planet because it is larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune?
Answer: Super-Earth
Bonus fact: Its exact composition is still being studied, with rocky and water-rich possibilities discussed.
Which planet is the most distant major planet from the Sun?
Answer: Neptune
Bonus fact: Neptune is the eighth and most distant planet from the Sun and was the first planet located through mathematical prediction.
Which planet has the strongest winds measured in our solar system?
Answer: Neptune
Bonus fact: Neptune is the solar system's windiest world, with winds exceeding 1,200 miles per hour.
Which two planets are classified as the solar system’s gas giants?
Answer: Jupiter and Saturn
Bonus fact: Uranus and Neptune are instead classified as ice giants.
How many planets are in our solar system?
Answer: 8
Bonus fact: The eight planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Triton, the largest moon of which planet, orbits in the opposite direction from that planet’s rotation?
Answer: Neptune
Bonus fact: Triton is the only large moon in the solar system with a retrograde orbit.
Which two planets are classified as ice giants?
Answer: Uranus and Neptune
Bonus fact: The ice giants formed in the colder outer region of the young solar system.