Neptune Rotation
July 16, 2011
This video sequence compiles data from Hubble’s observations of Neptune to show the blue-green planet rotating on its tilted axis. A day on Neptune is 16 hours long, and Hubble took images of the planet every four hours. Some of Neptune’s moons are also shown.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)
Topics:
Neptune, Hubble Space Telescope, Planetary science, ESA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Triton, Voyager 2, Space Telescope Science Institute, Planet, Space exploration
