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MEANING |
| Naiad |
Neptune's
closest moon, discovered in 1989 by Voyager 2. It orbits Neptune at a
distance of 48,227 kilometres (29,967 miles) and is just 67 km (42 miles)
in diameter. |
| Narvi |
moon of saturn |
| Nebula (plural
nebulae) |
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| Nereid |
Neptune's third largest moon and the
second to be discovered orbiting the planet. It was found by
Dutch-American astronomer, Gerard P. Kuiper, in 1949. It is the sixth most
distant moon of Neptune, orbiting at an average distance of 5,513,400
kilometres (3,425,868 miles) from the planet. It is about 340 kilometres
(211 miles) in diameter. |
| Neso |
Most distant of Neptune's moons,
discovered in 2003 by Matthew J Holman and Brett J Gladman. Orbiting at a
distance of 48,387,000 kilometres (30,066,288 miles), Neso is the most
distant known moon of any planet in the Solar System. Neso has a diameter
of approximately 60 km (37 miles) |
| Neutron Star |
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| Nuclear
Energy |
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| Nuclear Fusion |
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| Nucleus
(plural nuclei) |
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