Do you know what today is? It’s the day on which Neptune has finally completed one full orbit of the sun, since its discovery in 1846. One orbit in just under 165 years. This fascinating video (courtesy NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon and M. Estacion (STScI)) puts that one Neptunian orbit into an Earth timeline…
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Happy First Birthday, Neptune
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