What it is: A swap is an agreement between two parties to exchange a series of future cash flows. How it works (Example): Swaps are financial agreements to exchange cash flows. Swaps can be based on interest rates, stock indices, foreign currency exchange rates and even commodities prices.
Neptune was discovered in the fall of 1846. What is Neptune's nickname, 'Last of the Gas Giants. Neptune had gone through several name changes from LeVerrier's Planet to Janus to Oceanus, and then finally Neptune in 1846. It is also called, the watery planet. The planet has several nicknames, including: The Blue Planet.
Neptune is the eighth planet in our solar sytem (most of the time, anyway). All the planets were named after ancient gods. So when it came time to name this one, astronomers chose Neptune. Neptune was the Roman god of the deep seas. Neptune's largest moon, Triton, was discovered at the same time as the planet. Another satellite, Nereid, wasn't found until 1949. The other six were spotted by Voyager II during its flyby in 1989. A lot of research has been done on Triton, and there is evidence that life may have existed there at one time.