Neptune is the Roman god of the sea, often referred to being the Roman equivalent of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, with Poseidon being the basis for King Triton in Disney's The Little Mermaid. Though there is a connection, it is not a pure one, as Neptune has other ties, such as to Salacia who could be said to be the Roman goddess of salt water.
Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea, horses and earthquakes. He rules the sea and controls how it behaves, whipping up storms when he is angry or upset, and creating horses from the seafoam when he is in a lighter mood. He also creates earthquakes when he is angry and is sometimes known as the Earth Shaker.
Poseidon was born as a god during the 4th age, the age of the Titans. He is one of six children born to Kronos and Rhea, who were both Titans. It was prophesied that Kronos would be overthrown by his sons so, to prevent this from happening, Kronos ate all of his children by Rhea as soon as they were born.
Because the children - Poesidon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia and Hera - were gods they did not die when they were eaten, but remained fully alive inside their father. When Rhea bore her sixth son, Zeus, to Kronos, she hid him so that he would be safe. When Zeus grew old enough he tricked his father into disgorging his siblings and they all re-appeared, unharmed.
Kronos was eventually overthrown by his sons and then Zeus ruled the sky, Poseidon ruled the oceans and Hades ruled the underworld.
Symbols associated with Poseidon include the trident and dolphins. His Roman name was Neptune.
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Neptune is part of the Roman Pantheon of Gods. In Greek mythology he is known as Poseidon.
He is the brother of Jupiter, Pluto, Hera, Vesta and Demeter. He is uncle to Venus, Mars, Athena and Apollo.
Most of the Gods were related to one another so the list of his relations is pretty long. I've only included the most well known.
Neptune is a planet that looks like it is covered with water. They named it Neptune after the ancient god of water Neptune.
Why is Neptune blue? Neptune
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The address of the Neptune Township Public Library is: 25 Neptune Boulevard, Neptune, 07753 1125
Neptune was the god of water and the sea. His Greek equivalent was Poseidon.
Yes, Neptune Does Orbit. Yes, Neptune Does Orbit.
The name Neptune is from the Roman god of the Sea, Neptune
Neptune and Uranus
The rotation of the planet Neptune is much faster than Earth's. It completes a rotational "day" in about 16 Earth hours. So in an Earth year (365.25 Earth days), Neptune completes about 544 Neptune days. In a Neptune year, there are about 89,666 Neptune days.
Neptune was discovered in 1846 through observations of Uranus. Uranus' orbit was seen to appear to alter slightly through the gravitational effect of another planet, which turned out to be Neptune.
I believe that Neptune has this axial rotation period.
Neptune and Uranus both have high concentrations of methane in their atmospheres.