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Triton, Neptune's largest moon, was discovered by British astronomer William Lassell on October 10, 1846. It was only 17 days after Neptune itself was discovered by Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich Louis d'Arrest.
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Triton is a moon of this planet?

Triton is one of Neptunes moons. It's the seventh largest moon in the solar system and neptunes largest moon, discovered in 1846. It's the only large moon which orbits it's planet in the opposite direction to the planets spin direction.


Which planet has a moon called triton?

Triton is the largest moon of the planet Neptune. It is the seventh largest moon in the solar system and was discovered in 1846. Triton is unique for being the only large moon in the solar system that has a retrograde orbit, meaning it orbits Neptune in the opposite direction of the planet's rotation.


What are facts about Triton?

Triton is the largest moon of the planet Neptune.It was discovered by William Lassell on October 10, 1846.It is the only large moon in the Solar System with a retrograde orbit.It is the seventh largest moon in the Solar SystemIt is geologically active as it's surface is young and has relatively few impact craters.Its surface covered with cold liquid lava, ice and water.


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

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How did Triton get its name?

Triton is a dorf planet. It was just discovered.


Who discovered Triton and what year was it discovered?

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Who discovered Triton and nereid?

the person that discovered Triton British astronmer William lassell in the year 1846 and the person that discovered nereid is the Gernard Kuiper and in the year 1949


Who discovered nereid Triton?

the person that discovered Triton British astronmer William lassell in the year 1846 and the person that discovered nereid is the Gernard Kuiper and in the year 1949


When was Triton discover?

The moon of Triton was discovered on October 10, 1846 by William Lassell.


Which planet ahas a moon named Triton?

Neptune....... triton was discovered 17 days after neptune was


Who discovered Triton and what year?

It was Neptune's moon discovered by William Lassell in 1846


What year did William Lassell discover Neptune's largest moon Triton?

Triton was discovered on October 10th, 1846.


Who discovered the largest moon Triton on saturn?

Christiaan Huygens


When were Neptune's moons found and by who?

they were discovered in 1846. No, that's when Neptune was discovered. All right "Triton", the biggest moon, was discovered in 1846.


Triton is a moon of this planet?

Triton is one of Neptunes moons. It's the seventh largest moon in the solar system and neptunes largest moon, discovered in 1846. It's the only large moon which orbits it's planet in the opposite direction to the planets spin direction.


Which planets moon is called Triton?

Triton is the largest moon of the planet Neptune. It was discovered by English astronomer William Lassell on October 10, 1846.