Triton | CosmoVerse

Lunar Overview

Neptunes largest moon, orbiting in a retrograde direction that suggests it was captured.

Retrograde orbit

Likely captured Kuiper Belt object

Nitrogen frost surface

Active cryovolcanic history

Surface & Orbital Metrics

Neptune

Parent Planet

2,706.8 km

Diameter

2.14 x 10^22 kg

Mass

0.78 m/s^2

Gravity

5.88 days

Orbital Period

5.88 days

Rotation Period

-235 C avg

Surface Temperature

Thin nitrogen atmosphere

Atmosphere

Mission History

No recorded missions in the database for this object.

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