Synonyms for neptune
ˈnɛp tun, -tyunnep·tune

Princeton's WordNet

1. Neptunenoun

   (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon

2. Neptunenoun

   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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1. • Jovian Planet
   • Roman Deity
   • Roman Mythology
   • Superior Planet

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1. Michael Roman:

   Temperature variations may be related to seasonal changes in Neptune's atmospheric chemistry, which can alter how effectively the atmosphere cools, but random variability in weather patterns or even a response to the 11-year solar activity cycle may also have an effect.

2. Karl Mitchell:

   Triton is weird, but yet relevantly weird, because of the science we can do there, we know the surface has all these features weve never seen before, which motivates us to want to know How does this world work ? Global color mosaic of Triton, taken in 1989 by Voyager 2 during its flyby of the Neptune system. ( Credit : NASA/JPL/USGS) NEPTUNES MOONS ARE IN A DANCE OF AVOIDANCE, NASA SAYS.

3. Fabo Feng:

   GJ 433 d is the nearest, widest and coldest Neptune-like planet ever detected.

4. Joanna Barstow:

   Gliese 1214 b is a type of planet we call a Super-Earth -- a bit bigger than Earth, a bit smaller than Neptune. It's not dense enough to be rocky so it's probably like a warm mini-Neptune. There's nothing like it in our solar system and we don't really know what to expect, on my wish list for the future is a telescope to study exoplanets like Gliese 1214 b in more detail. I want to know what's going on beneath that cloud layer !

5. Michael Roman:

   I think Neptune is itself very intriguing to many of us because we still know so little about it, this all points towards a more complicated picture of Neptune's atmosphere and how it changes with time.