Plate IX
Neptune
The most distant planet from the Sun, and the one with the fiercest winds in the entire system, with gusts exceeding 2,000 km/h. Its existence was predicted mathematically, from irregularities in the orbit of Uranus, before it was ever observed, in 1846.
| Diameter | 49,244 km |
| Average distance from Sun | 4,495 million km |
| Local year | 164.8 Earth years |
| Confirmed moons | 16 |