The planet Neptune has 16 known moons, which are named for minor water deities and a water creature in Greek mythology. [note 1] By far the largest of them is Triton, discovered by William Lassell on 10 October 1846, 17 days after the discovery of Neptune itself.

The moons of Neptune are named after characters from Greek or Roman mythology associated with Poseidon or his Roman counterpart, Neptune. The moons of Neptune are listed in order …

Neptune (top) and Triton (bottom). Neptune has a total of 16 known moons. The largest moon is Triton, which was discovered by William Lassell just seventeen days after Neptune was found. One hundred years later, the second moon, Nereid was found. The Hubble Telescope found the 14th moon in 2013. [1] Most of Neptune's moons are named after sea ...

5 days ago · Neptune has 16 known moons. English merchant and astronomer William Lassell discovered the first and largest moon – Triton – on Oct. 10, 1846, just 17 days after a Berlin observatory discovered Neptune.

Jan 17, 2025 · Neptune has 16 known moons, including the largest moon, Triton, which was spotted Oct. 10, 1846 – just 17 days after Neptune was discovered.

Nov 28, 2022 · Explore all 16 of Neptune's moons along with their names and dates of discovery. The Neptunian system hosts some very strange and elusive moons.

Jan 26, 2025 · Neptune has at least 14 moons and six known narrow rings. Each of the myriad particles that constitute the rings can be considered a tiny moon in its own orbit. The four moons nearest the planet orbit within the ring system, where at least some of them may interact gravitationally with the ring particles, keeping them from spreading out.

Nov 3, 2024 · Triton is the largest of Neptune’s 13 moons. It is unusual because it is the only large moon in our solar system that orbits in the opposite direction of its planet’s rotation―a retrograde orbit.

Jan 27, 2025 · Neptune, third most massive planet in the solar system and the eighth and outermost planet from the Sun. Neptune has 14 moons, only two of which were discovered before Voyager 2’s visit in 1989, and a system of rings, which were unconfirmed before Voyager.

Neptune is the farthest planet of our solar system and it has 14 known moons. In the 14 Neptune Moons, Triton is the largest moon of Neptune. The first discovered Neptune moon was ‘Triton’ (in 1846), whereas in 2013 astronomer ‘Mark R. Showalter’ discovered the …