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.
Gas Giant. Neptune is classified as one of our solar system's gas giant planets, meaning it does not have a solid surface and is largely a collection of swirling clouds and gas. The blue surface we see in pictures of Neptune is in fact the top of a permanent cloud cover.he planet is almost four times the size of Earth, and because of its composition, is almost 17 times heavier. It takes Neptune 165 Earth years to orbit the Sun and a day on the planet lasts around 16 hours.