Neso (moon)

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/neso-moon

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who discovered Neso (moon)?August 14, 2002
2. What is the astronomical object type?Irregular moon of Neptune
3. What is the estimated diameter?Approximately 60 km (37 miles)
4. What is Neso?Neso is a tiny moon that orbits Neptune. It is only about 60 kilometers across and is one of the farthest moons in the solar system.
5. How far is Neso from Neptune?Neso sits about 48.4 million kilometers (30.1 million miles) away from Neptune, making it one of the most distant moons ever found.

Irregular Moon: A moon with a distant, often eccentric and inclined orbit, typically captured by its parent planet's gravity.
Orbital Period: The time required for a celestial body to complete one full revolution around another body.
Orbital Eccentricity: A measure of how much an orbit deviates from being a perfect circle; values range from 0 (perfect circle) to nearly 1 (highly elongated ellipse).
Orbital Inclination: The angle between an object's orbital plane and a reference plane, often the planet's equatorial plane.