Neptune, the planet that is the farthest known of the solar system, if you discount Pluto, is located 30.047 times farther away from the Sun than Earth is, at 2,793,100,000 miles, while earth is 93,000,000 miles from the Sun. Only about one thousandth of the Sunlight received by Earth reaches Neptune. Yet, with that small amount of sunlight the atmosphere of Neptune is significantly affected. To sum this up, Neptune only gets about 1/900 the sunlight of earth.
Neptune is 30 times further from the Sun than Earth, so the fraction of sunlight it receives compared to the Earth is the square of that, so 1/900th as much. However, that is comparable with your living room in the evening with the lights turned on. It is still hundreds of times brighter than the full moon - enough to see in full colour. However, beneath the clouds there will be less light of course - it would very much be a twilit world.
Yes and no. Neptune gets very little sunlight because it is so far from the sun. When light does reach Neptune, the red spectrum of the dim sunlight is absorbed my the methane atmosphere and the blue light spectrum is reflected off the methane, which gives the planet its blue colour.
No, Neptune doesn't have a certain amount of Iron. It has Hydrogen, Methane and Helium.
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Neptune is actually the farthest planet from the Sun in our solar system. Being so far from the Sun causes Neptune to have extremely cold temperatures and a very long orbital period of about 165 Earth years. Its distance also affects the amount of sunlight and heat it receives, making it significantly colder than the inner planets like Earth.
neptune gets 40% of sunlight
Yes. The sunlight on Neptune is less than that on Earth, but brighter than the light of a full moon.
Neptune is 30 times further from the Sun than Earth, so the fraction of sunlight it receives compared to the Earth is the square of that, so 1/900th as much. However, that is comparable with your living room in the evening with the lights turned on. It is still hundreds of times brighter than the full moon - enough to see in full colour. However, beneath the clouds there will be less light of course - it would very much be a twilit world.
Neptune has 13 moons.
Not a lot, because it has ice caps and so Neptune is known for its ice. If it was close to the sun then no ice for Neptune. ~for you!
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Triton is Neptune's moon. However, it takes about 155 min for sunlight to reach Triton.
Neptune is a freezing gas giant with no solid surface and very little sunlight. Mars, Mercury and Venus are hot or warm planets with rocky surfaces and plenty of sunlight.
Yes and no. Neptune gets very little sunlight because it is so far from the sun. When light does reach Neptune, the red spectrum of the dim sunlight is absorbed my the methane atmosphere and the blue light spectrum is reflected off the methane, which gives the planet its blue colour.
The amount of sunlight reflected plus the amount absorbed must be equal to the amount of sunlight that hits the surface (incident sunlight) in order to account for all the incoming solar radiation.
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No, Neptune doesn't have a certain amount of Iron. It has Hydrogen, Methane and Helium.