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A Long Way Around

  • May 29, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Neptune’s large moon Nereid (NEER-ee-ed) is so far from the planet, it takes 360 days to complete an orbit. That’s almost an entire Earth year! Scientists think the moon may be an asteroid or other body that was captured by Neptune’s orbit.

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