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Neso is a small moon that orbits Neptune, the eighth planet from the Sun. It matters because it is Neptune's most distant known moon, orbiting farther away than any other moon around that planet.
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Key facts
- Discovered by
- M. Holman et al. B. Gladman et al.
- Discovery site
- Cerro Tololo Obs.
- Discovery date
- 14 August 2002
- Designation
- Neptune XIII
- Pronunciation
- / ˈ n iː s oʊ /
- Named after
- Νησώ Nēsō
- Alternative names
- S/2002 N 4
- Adjectives
- Nesoan / n ɪ ˈ s oʊ . ə n / or Nesoian / n ɪ ˈ s oʊ . i ə n /
- Observation arc
- 19.96 yr (7,292 days)
- Satellite of
- Neptune
- Group
- Neso group
- Proper semi major axis
- 49,897,800 km (0.333546 AU )
- Proper inclination
- 128.4°
- Proper orbital period
- 26.84 years (9,805 d)
- Precession of asc node
- 1161.29032 arcsec / yr
- Mean diameter
- 60 km (for albedo 0.04)
- Albedo
- 0.04 (assumed)
- Spectral type
- V–R = 0.58 ± 0.13 , V–I = 1.0 ± 0.4 , R–I = 0.7 ± 0.4
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- irregular moon
- Parent body
- Neptune
- Diameter
- 60
- Mass
- 160
- Orbital period
- 9740.73
- Image
- Neso VLT-FORS1 2002-09-03 annotated.gif
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- orbital inclination
- 136.439
- albedo
- 0.04
- Commons category
- Neso (moon)
- discoverer or inventor
- Matthew J. Holman
- provisional designation
- S/2002 N 4
- time of discovery or invention
- 2002-08-14
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 48387000
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.5714
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