Look up: Neptune

1. Neptune
   the Roman name for Poseidon.
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2. Neptune
   Eighth planet from the sun, a gas giant or Jovian planet.
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3. Neptune
   [n] - (Roman mythology) god of the sea 2. [n] - a giant planet with a ring of ice particles
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4. Neptune
   SOLAR SYSTEM - PLANETARY ORBITAL DATA
   Average dist.from Sun (AU) - 30.069
   Min. distance from Sun (AU) - 29.811
   Max. distance from Sun (AU) - 30.327
   Eccentricity of orbit - 0.009
   Inclination to ecliptic(°) - 1.77
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5. Neptune
   Operational code name for the Allied D-Day Normandy beach landings - the assault phase of Operation Overlord
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6. Neptune
   Planet Neptune usually has the eighth most distant orbit from our star the Sun. It is gas giant, although smaller than Jupiter or Saturn. It was discovered after observing abnormalities in Uranus' orbit. Calculations were made and Neptune was observed where the figures said it had to be. Neptune ha...
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7. Neptune
   The methane in Neptune's atmosphere causes it to be blue. The outermost gas giant in our solar system. For the years 1979 to 1999, it is actually the outer most planet in the solar system since Pluto has such an eccentric orbit that it crosses over to be inside Neptune's orbit during those years. Ne...
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8. Neptune
   In Roman mythology, god of water, who became god of the sea only after his identification with the Greek Poseidon. ...
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9. Neptune
   Series of amphibious armoured transports [UK]
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10. Neptune
    Nep'tune noun [ Latin Neptunus .] 1. (Rom. Myth.) The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter. 2. (Astron.) The remotest known planet o...
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11. neptune
    1. The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter. ... 2. <astronomy> The remotest known planet of our system, discovered as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris by Galle, of Berlin, September 23. Its...
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12. Neptune
    noun a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants; `the existence of Neptune was predicted from perturbations in the orbit of Uranus and it was then identified in 1846`
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13. Neptune
    noun (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon
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14. Neptune
    • (n.) The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter. • (n.) The remotest known planet of our system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1...
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15. Neptune
    he was identified with the Greek Poseidon and thus became a deity of the sea. His female counterpart, Salacia, was perhaps originally a goddess of ...
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16. Neptune
    third largest planet of the solar system and the eighth planet from the Sun. Because of its great distance from Earth, it cannot be seen with the ... [21 related articles]
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17. Neptune
    Neptune is a Roman boy name. The meaning of the name is `Sea god` Where is it used? The name Neptune is mainly used In Roman Mythology.How do they say it elsewhere? Neifion ( In Welsh) Netuno ( In Portuguese) The name Neptune doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Neptune seems to be unique!
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18. Neptune
    HMS Neptune was a British light cruiser of 7175 tons displacement of the Leander Class launched in 1933, that saw action during the Second World War before being sunk in 1941. She was armed with eight 6-inch guns, eight 4-inch anti-aircraft guns, four 3-pounder anti-aircraft guns, ten smaller guns a...
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19. Neptune
    A hypertext system for computer assisted software engineering, developed at Tektronix.
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20. Neptune
    Neptune, in Roman religion and mythology, god of water. He was presumably an indigenous god of fertility, but in later times he was identified with the Greek Poseidon, god of the sea. At his festival, the Neptunalia (July 23), arbors were dedicated to him.
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21. Neptune
    Neptune, in astronomy, 8th planet from the sun at a mean distance of about 2.8 billion mi (4.5 billion km) with an orbit lying between those of Uranus and the dwarf planet Pluto; its period of revolution is about 165 years. (Pluto has such a highly elliptical orbit that from 1979 to 1999 it was clos...
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22. Neptune
    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.
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23. Neptune
    Neptune was the Roman name for the Greek god Poseidon. He was the son of Saturn and Rhea, and the brother of Jupiter and Pluto. He is generally represented with a trident in his right hand, a dolphin in his left, and with one of his feet resting on part of a ship; in others in a chariot drawn by sea...
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24. Neptune
    (astronomy) Click images to enlargeEighth planet in average distance from the Sun. It is a giant gas (hydrogen, helium, methane) planet, with a mass 17.2 times that of Earth. It has the fastest winds in the Solar System. Mean distance from the Sun 4....
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25. Neptune
    (mythology) In Roman mythology, god of water, who became god of the sea only after his identification with the Greek Poseidon
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