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Planet Neptune Moons: Nereid
Nereid is the fourth of nine planets in our solar system.
For a listing of other moons, see Moons of the planets.
| Nereid Moon Facts |
| Mass (kg) |
- |
| Radius (km) |
170 |
| Density (gm/cm3) |
- |
| Distance from Neptune (km) |
5,513,400 |
| Period of rotation (days) |
- |
| Period of orbit (days) |
360.1362 |
| Orbital velocity (km/sec) |
1.12 |
| Eccentricity of orbit |
0.7512 |
| Inclination of orbit (°) |
27.6 |
| surface gravity (m/sec2) |
3.72 |
| Escape velocity (km/sec) |
0.0103 |
| Visual albedo |
0.14 |
| Visual magnitude |
18.7 |
This moon is too faint to be viewed in any amateur telescopes.
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