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hor_green_bar1.jpg Nereid hor_green_bar1.jpg


Nereid - courtesy NASANereid, a moon of Neptune was discovered in 1949 by astronomer Gerard Kuiper. It is one of the farthest moons from Neptune, with a distance of at maximum 1,353,600 kilometers (841,100 miles), and a minimum distance of 9,623,700 kilometers (5,980,200 miles). This high difference also makes Nereid's orbit the most eccentric in the solar system! It takes 360 days for it to complete one orbit around Neptune. Relative to Earth's moon, Nereid is also highly reflective, reflecting about 14 percent of the sunlight it receives and twice as reflective as Proteus, another moon of Neptune.


PHYSICAL DATA FOR NEREID
 Mass (kg)
 Mass (Earth = 1)
 Radius (km) 170
 Radius (Earth = 1) 2.6654e - 02
 Mean Density (g/cm3)
 Mean Distance from Neptune (km) 5,513,400
 Magnitude (V0) 18.7



ORBITAL DATA FOR NEREID
 Rotational period (days)
 Orbital period (days) 360.1362
 Mean orbital velocity (km/s) 1.12
 Orbital eccentricity 0.7512
 Orbital inclination (degrees) 27.6
 Escape (km/s)
 Albedo 0.14



Physical Data Key
Mass Mass
Mass Mass compared to that of Earth.
Radius Radius
Radius Radius compared to that of Earth.
Mean Density Average Density.
Distance Distance to the planet's center.
Magnitude The brightness of a star or object.
Orbital Data Key
Rotational Period Number of days to make one complete rotation.
Orbital Period Number of days to obital the planet.
Mean Orbital Velocity Average obital speed.
Orbital Eccentricity Eccentricity.
Orbital Inclination The tilt of the moon or planet.
Escape Escape Velocity.
Albedo Visual geometric albedo.




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