NEPTUNE – (Planets in our solar system (8 of 9)
Distance from sun – 2.8 billion miles
Distance from earth – 2.7 billion miles (at the closet point)
Moons – 14
Diameter – 30,600 miles (3.8 times bigger than the earth)
Year (one orbit around the sun) – 165 years
Greek name – Poseidon
Roman name – Neptune
Mythology – Neptune was the Roman god of the Sea.