What is Neptune?
{{vgood}} {{About|the planet|the Roman God of the Sea|Neptune (mythology)}} {{Infobox planet | name = Neptune | symbol = [[File:Neptune symbol (bold).svg|24px|♆]], historically also [[File:Neptune monogram (bold).svg|24px|⯉]] | image = Neptune Voyager2 color calibrated.png | caption = Neptune in true color{{efn|Based on {{Cite journal |last1=Irwin |first1=Patrick G J |last2=Dobinson |first2=Jack |last3=James |first3=Arjuna |last4=Teanby |first4=Nicholas A |last5=Simon |first5=Amy A |last6=Fletcher |first6=Leigh N |last7=Roman |first7=Michael T |last8=Orton |first8=Glenn S |last9=Wong |first9=Michael H |last10=Toledo |first10=Daniel |last11=Pérez-Hoyos |first11=Santiago |last12=Beck |first12=Julie |date=2023-12-23 |title=Modelling the seasonal cycle of Uranus's colour and magnitude, and comparison with Neptune |url=https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/527/4/11521/7511973 |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |language=en |volume=527 |issue=4 |pages=11521–11538 |doi=10.1093/mnras/stad3761 |issn=0035-8711|doi-access=free }}}} as captured by ''[[Voyager 2]]''. Like [[Uranus]], Neptune has a muted appearance; several storms can still be seen, such as the [[Great Dark Spot]] at the center. | background = #f8f9fa | discovery_ref = <ref>{{cite web |first=Calvin J. |last=Hamilton |date=4 August 2001 |url=http://www.solarviews.com/eng/neptune.htm |title=Neptune |publisher=Views of the Solar System |access-date=13 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715223035/http://www.solarviews.com/eng/neptune.htm |archive-date=15 July 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | discoverer = {{plainlist| * [[Johann Gottfried Galle|Johann Galle]] * [[Urbain Le Verrier]] * [[John Couch Adams]] }} | discovered = 23 September 1846 | pronounced = {{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-Neptune.ogg|us|ˈ|n|ɛ|p|t|uː|n}}, {{IPAc-en|uk|-|tj|uː|n}}<ref> {{cite book |first=Elizabeth |last=Walter |date=21 April 2003 |title=Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary |publisher=Cambridge University Press |edition=2nd |isbn=978-0-521-5310