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Neptune

The windiest planet in the solar system/Planets

Neptune is the eighth and most distant planet from the Sun. It has the strongest sustained winds of any planet in the solar system, reaching speeds of over 2,000 km/h. Neptune was the first planet located through mathematical predictions rather than empirical observation, discovered in 1846.

Measurements

Equatorial diameter49.5 million m
95,246Mall of America lengths
9.9 quadrillioniPhone transistors
70.8 trillionRed light wavelengths
Mass102 septillion kg
195 septillionOlympic gold medals
445 sextillionUpright pianos
502 quintillionStatue of Liberty weights
Mean orbital speed5,430 m/s
1.4 hundredthsSolar winds
2,715Houseflies
71,447Galapagos tortoises
Cloud-top temperature72 K
2 tenthsHot Pocket centers
2.1 tenthsLaptop surfaces
5.7 hundredthsKiln firings

At 1 bar pressure level

Sidereal day length57,996 s
67,673Heartbeats
19,332Goldfish memories

About 16 hours 6 minutes

Mean distance from the Sun4.5 trillion m
1.4 trillionHammock lengths
27.6 trillioniPhone Pro Maxes
899 quintillioniPhone transistors
Peak wind speed580 m/s
215Casual joggers
193 millionthsPercent light speeds
6.99Bullet trains

About 2,100 km/h, fastest in the solar system

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