PLANETARY DATA: NEPTUNE

Orbital semi-major axis 30.07 A.U.
4498 million km
Orbital eccentricity 0.09
Perihelion 29.81 A.U.
4460 million km
Aphelion 30.33 A.U.
4537 million km
Mean orbital speed 5.43 km/s
Sidereal orbital period 163.7 tropical years
Synodic orbital period 367.49 solar days
Orbital inclination to the ecliptic 1.77°
Greatest angular diameter, as seen from Earth 2.4"
Mass 1.02 1026 kg
17.15 (Earth = 1)
Equatorial radius 24,766 km
3.88 (Earth = 1)
Mean density 1638 kg/m3
0.297 (Earth = 1)
Surface gravity* 11.14 m/s2
1.14 (Earth = 1)
Escape speed 23.5 km/s
Sidereal rotation period 0.67 solar days
Axial tilt** 29.6°
Surface magnetic field 0.43 (Earth 5 1)
Magnetic axis tilt relative to rotation axis 46.0°
Surface temperature 59 K
Number of moons 8