New Delhi: Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is the fourth largest in terms of diameter and third largest with respect to mass.


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Neptune is the most dense among the giants planets of the Solar System.


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The planet takes almost 165 Earth years to orbit our Sun as it is more than 30 times as far from the it.


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To let people know more about Neptune, NASA tweeted on its official website some fun facts of the planet: