Definition of Neptune

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Neptune

The son of Saturn and Ops, the god of the waters, especially of the sea. He is represented as bearing a trident for a scepter.

The remotest known planet of our system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about 2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78 years.

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Neptune Quotations

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.
Noam Chomsky

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.
Thomas Fuller

To be taken into account were some years of schooling, where I studied with diligence Neptune's laws, and these laws I tried to obey when I sailed overseas; it was worth the while.
Joshua Slocum

Neptune Translations

Neptune in Dutch is Neptunus
Neptune in Portuguese is Netuno
Neptune in Spanish is Neptuno
neptune in Swedish is neptunus

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