Neptune Essay, Research Paper

Andrea Rhodes

P.1 11/5/01

Neptune

I have been selected as one of five people to travel on a mission to Neptune ; we are to try to garner stone samples from two Moons, Triton and the really irregular shaped Moon Proteus. We besides must garner samples from, the rings of Neptune and we need to garner readings on the three major storms on Neptune ( the little dark topographic point, the great dark topographic point and scooter.

It & # 8217 ; s December 30, 2007 and we took off today. With new engineering we should make Triton on August 2, 2008. Take off was reasonably unsmooth but one time we got out of the ambiance it was smooth and beautiful. We were given adequate rations to last about four old ages. The following 19 months we will be fixing all the necessary points for the reaching at Triton, and doing certain pilotage is precise.

It & # 8217 ; s August 3, 2008 and we & # 8217 ; ve started garnering the stones from Triton our long journey is approaching the half waypoint. In our travel to Triton we experience some pilotage problem due to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. We had to make some reconfiguring but we managed to do it here on agenda in a few yearss we should be heading towards Proteus to garner stone and other samples from at that place.

Its now November 15, 2008 and we are revolving Neptune it & # 8217 ; s the one of the greatest sites I & # 8217 ; ve of all time seen. With its diameter of 49528kms and a mass of1.02 & # 215 ;

10^26kg, its perfectly tremendous its practically unfathomable. I have seen the three storms and they are huge in size, the great dark topographic point is near the same diameter as the Earth. The most arresting portion of Neptune is its rings. There are five distinguishable rings and one of the rings is twisted.

Today November 20, 2008 we launched three investigations to fall in to the great dark topographic point to garner information. We are be aftering to direct down three more 2 for the little great topographic point and one in scooter. After we have gathered information and observations, we will garner some ring samples we got permission for. Due to the fact that small is know about the composing of Neptune & # 8217 ; s rings NASA like us to make research on the assorted rings.

Its now December30, 2008. One twelvemonth ago we started this ocean trip and now we will get down our trip place. After this long journey we have learned that Triton gets its pink colour from a easy vaporizing bed of N ice, that Proteus & # 8217 ; s form is due to impact cratering, the composing of Neptune & # 8217 ; s rings and that the three storms are like immense hurricanes the little dark topographic point rotates clock wise the big dark athletics rotates counter clockwise and scooter has strong east ward air currents.

1. hypertext transfer protocol: //pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome/neptune

2. hypertext transfer protocol: //www.seds.org/billa/tnp/neptune.html

3. Webster & # 8217 ; s illustrated encyclopaedic dictionary published by Tormont publications Inc. 1990. pg 1138.