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The planet’s large size – with a radius 2.6 times that of Earth – means that the planet’s interior likely contains a large mantle of high-pressure ice, like Neptune, according to astronomers.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
The love planet will also conjunct Neptune on May 2, adding a magical, almost surreal quality to these connections.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Astronomers think that this world could either be a smaller version of our solar system’s ice giant Neptune, called a mini-Neptune, or perhaps a rocky planet with no water but a massive hydrogen atmosphere, called a gas dwarf.
—Daniel Apai, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
The exoplanet’s size appears to be between that of Earth and Neptune and belongs to a range that scientists have never seen up close.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
The love planet will also conjunct Neptune on May 2, adding a magical, almost surreal quality to these connections.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Astronomers think that this world could either be a smaller version of our solar system’s ice giant Neptune, called a mini-Neptune, or perhaps a rocky planet with no water but a massive hydrogen atmosphere, called a gas dwarf.
—Daniel Apai, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
The exoplanet’s size appears to be between that of Earth and Neptune and belongs to a range that scientists have never seen up close.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Neptune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Neptune. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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