News on September 22, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) recently released the Neptune photo taken by the Weber Space Telescope,This picture is the clearest photo of the Neptune in the past few decades.
This photo clearly presents multiple aura of Neptune.In addition to a few bright and narrow rings, there are also dull dust rings in the inside.
in addition,The place where Neptune is close to the Arctic is very bright, and there are cloud groups and cloud belts with higher altitude. It is reported that the main components of these ice clouds are methaneThey can reflect them back to space before the methane gas absorbs sunlight, just like putting a ray of gauze for Neptune.
Scientists have studied Neptune from 1846. It is a planet of the outer solar system. It is very far away from the sun. It is 30 times the distance from the sun. Looking at the sun from Neptune, it is small and blurred, just like the dim greenery seen on the earth.
The photo also shows 7 of the 14 Neptune satellites. The brightest is Triton. It is located on the top left of the photo with a star with a star. Because the surface is covered with nitrogen ice, the reflectance is as high as 70%.
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