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Triton

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The path of Triton round Neptune, seen from above and drawn to scale, with the white dot at its nearest point. Orbit from NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, planetary satellites.

Kind: Moon of Neptune
Distance: 354,800 km from Neptune on average
Once round: 5.877 days
Path: very nearly a circle (eccentricity 0), tilted 157°
Size: 2,705 km across, 77.9 per cent of our Moon’s width
Density: 2.06 times water
Found: 1846, by W. Lassell

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Triton, our Moon and Neptune, drawn to one scale from their measured sizes, as plain discs.

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What it looks like up close
What it is made of
How it was found
Spacecraft that have seen it
What is still unknown

Sources: NASA/JPL Solar System Dynamics, planetary satellites.