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Neptune's rings - Illustration

author: Don Dixon/Novapix

reference: a-nep99-00010

Image Size 300 DPI: 17 * 13 cm

Neptune has a planetary ring system consisting of several distinct rings. Ring arcs present in the outer Adams ring are Egalité, Fraternité and Liberté.
The small moons of Neptune are also represented, from the inner to the outer planet : Naïad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa and Proteus.

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Keywords for this photo:

2002 - ARC - ASTRONOMY - DESPINA - GALATEA - ILLUSTRATION - LARISSA - NAIAD - NEPTUNE - NEPTUNE'S MOON - PLANET - PROTEUS - RING - SATELLITE - THALASSA -