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October 28, 1996

The Weather on Neptune
Credit:
L. Sromovsky (U. Wisconson-Madison), WFPC2, HST, NASA
MPEG Movie of Neptune Rotating

Explanation: Today's weather on Neptune will be typical. Highs in the upper atmosphere will be about -150 Centigrade, with winds ranging about 900 miles per hour near the equator. Much was learned recently about Neptune's weather by the release last week of time-lapse pictures of the most distant gas giant in our Solar>


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