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Astronomy Pirate
Today marks the first orbit Neptune has made around the Sun since it was discovered September 23, 1846. In other words, one Neptunian year, that lasts approximately 165 Earth years. NASA has commemorated this anniversary by releasing new Hubble images of Neptune taken on June 25-26. You can read more about the picture (seen above) on NASA's Hubble Telescope page. Or you can just enjoy Neptune in its pale blue glory.
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15 comments:
its...its... beautiful...
happy birthday Neptune! You dont look a day over 150! :D
Awwww, don't be blue, Neptune. It's your birthday!
Sorry for the joke, but it made me laugh. I had to share.
...and very few wrinkles, it's ageing well.
That is amazing...such a beautiful planet.
I'd love to visit Neptune someday, but I hear those supersonic winds are really nasty.
And then of course, there's that whole dealio with good old Neptune being a gas giant and all...
Those are amazing images, and a nice bit of bar trivia.
Neptune is enjoying its position as the most distant planet from the sun now that pesky Pluto is out of the picture!
What do you get for the planet that has everything?
holy crap, thats so insane how long it takes to orbit the sun!
That's a helluva long cold Winter.
Happy birthday! Hit me back, alphabetalife.blogspot.com
I really wish we could start calling it Poseidon, the Romans were jerks...
so awesome, happy b-day!!!
Happy belated birthday Neptune, the most beautiful planet
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