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its surface temperature is -237.6 degrees Celsius

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Is Triton cold or hot?

Triton, the largest moon of Neptune, is a cold and icy world with surface temperatures that plummet as low as -235 degrees Celsius (-391 degrees Fahrenheit). This extreme cold is due to its distance from the Sun and its thin atmosphere, which is mainly composed of nitrogen and small amounts of methane and carbon monoxide.


Why do scientsts think that Triton can support human life?

Scientists do not currently believe that Triton, Neptune's largest moon, can support human life. Triton's surface features extreme cold temperatures, thin atmosphere, and lack of liquid water make it inhospitable for humans. Its geological activity, including cryovolcanism, also pose challenges for sustaining life.


What is the distance of Triton to the sun in kilometers?

By Triton I presume you mean our Neptune's biggest moon Neptune is little over 450 Billion miles from the sun and that would be 720,000,000 kilometers from the Sun or a little more Neptune's Biggest Moon Triton (2540 ks across) is one of the coldest objects ever resourced in our solar system Triton is smaller than our moon but further from its planet Neptune than our moon is from Earth, Triton is 354,000 kilometers in orbit around Neptune All in all this means that Triton is approximately 720,000,000 or 720 billion kilometers from the sun


Neptune moon Triton is bigger than Pluto?

Triton is the largest of Neptune's 13 moons. It is unusual because it is the only large moon in our solar system that orbits in the opposite direction of its planet's rotation - a retrograde orbit


What is neptunes rings called?

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