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  ! Bgcolor "#a0ffa0" colspan="2" Discovery
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/William_Lassell" class="copylinks">William Lassell
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/October_10" class="copylinks">October 10 , 1846
  ! Bgcolor "#a0ffa0" colspan="2" Orbit al characteristics
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Semimajor_axis" class="copylinks">Semimajor Axis '''
  354,800 "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/kilometer" class="copylinks">Km
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Eccentricity_(orbit)" class="copylinks">Eccentricity '''
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Orbital_period" class="copylinks">Orbital Period '''
  -5877 D<br />( "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Prograde_and_retrograde_motion" class="copylinks">Retrograde )
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Inclination" class="copylinks">Inclination '''
  130267° (to The "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/ecliptic" class="copylinks">Ecliptic )<br/>157340&deg (to Neptune's equator)<br/>130063° (to Neptune's orbit)
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/natural_satellite" class="copylinks">Satellite of'''
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Neptune_(planet)" class="copylinks">Neptune
  ! Bgcolor "#a0ffa0" colspan="2" Physical characteristics
  '''Mean "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/diameter" class="copylinks">Diameter '''
  27068±18 Km <sup> "http://ssdjplnasagov/sat_propshtml" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title} </sup> (02122 Earths)
  '''Surface "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/area" class="copylinks">Area '''
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Volume" class="copylinks">Volume '''
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Mass" class="copylinks">Mass '''
  2147 "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/kilogram" class="copylinks">Kg (000359 Earths)
  '''Mean "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/density" class="copylinks">Density '''
  '''Surface "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/gravity" class="copylinks">Gravity '''
  0782 "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Acceleration" class="copylinks">M/s&2
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Escape_velocity" class="copylinks">Escape Velocity '''
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Sidereal_day" class="copylinks">Rotation Period '''
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Synchronous_rotation" class="copylinks">Synchronous
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Axial_tilt" class="copylinks">Axial Tilt '''
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Albedo" class="copylinks">Albedo '''
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  '''Surface "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Temperature" class="copylinks">Temp '''<br />''' - min'''<br />''' - mean'''<br />''' - max'''
  <br /><br />345 "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/kelvin" class="copylinks">K <br />
  ! Bgcolor "#a0ffa0" colspan="2" Atmospheric characteristics
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Atmospheric_pressure" class="copylinks">Pressure '''
  0001 "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Pascal" class="copylinks">KPa
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Nitrogen" class="copylinks">Nitrogen
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Methane" class="copylinks">Methane