Neptunian Satellite Fact Sheet


Triton and Neptune
Bulk parameters
  Mass
(1020 kg)
Radius
(km)
Mean density
(kg/m3)
Visual
geometric albedo
   
Naiad (NIII) 0.002 48 x 30 x 26   0.07
Thalassa (NIV) 0.004 54 x 50 x 26   0.09
Despina (NV) 0.02 90 x 74 x 64   0.09
Galatea (NVI) 0.04 102 x 92 x 72   0.08
Larissa (NVII) 0.05 108 x 102 x 84   0.09
Hippocamp (S/2004 N1) 0.0003 17   0.10
Proteus (NVIII) 0.5 220 x 208 x 202   0.10
Triton (NI) 214. 1,353.4 2,050 0.72
Nereid (NII) 0.3 170   0.16
   
Halimede (NIX, S/2002 N1) 0.002 30   0.04
Sao (NXI, S/2002 N2) 0.001 20   0.04
S/2002 N5   12    
Laomedeia (NXII, S/2002 N3) 0.001 20   0.04
Psamathe (NX, S/2003 N1) 0.0002 20   0.04
Neso (NXIII, S/2002 N4) 0.002 30   0.04
S/2021 N1   7    

Orbital parameters
    Orbital Rotation  
  Semimajor axis Period * Period Inclination Eccentricity
  (103 km) (Neptune Radii) (days) (days) (degrees)  
   
Naiad (NIII) 48.227 1.948 0.294396   4.74 0.0003
Thalassa (NIV) 50.075 2.022 0.311485   0.21 0.0002
Despina (NV) 52.526 2.121 0.334655   0.07 0.0001
Galatea (NVI) 61.953 2.502 0.428745   0.05 0.0001
Larissa (NVII) 73.548 2.970 0.554654   0.20 0.0014
Hippocamp (S/2004 N1) 105.300 4.252 0.950   0.00 0.0000
Proteus (NVIII) 117.647 4.751 1.122315   0.04 0.0004
Triton (NI) 354.76 14.328 5.876854R S 157.345 0.000016
Nereid (NII) 5,513.4 222.67 360.13619   7.23 0.7512
   
Halimede (NIX, S/2002 N1) 15730. 635.2 1879.7R   134.1 0.571
Sao (NXI, S/2002 N2) 22420. 905.3 2914.1   48.5 0.293
S/2002 N5 23400. 944.9 3141.1   42.1 0.548
Laomedeia (NXII, S/2002 N3) 23570. 951.8 3167.9   34.7 0.424
Psamathe (NX, S/2003 N1) 46700. 1885.8 9115.9R   137.4 0.450
Neso (NXIII, S/2002 N4) 48390. 1954.0 9374.0R   132.6 0.495
S/2021 N1 50760. 2049.7 10018.8R   134.5 0.44

*R indicates retrograde motion
S indicates synchronous rotation - the rotation period is the same as the orbital period


Neptune's Known Satellites - Carnegie Institution, DTM

Neptune Fact Sheet
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NASA
Author/Curator:
Dr. David R. Williams, dave.williams@nasa.gov
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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NASA Official: Dave Williams, david.r.williams@nasa.gov
V1.0, 14 July 1995
Last Updated: 11 March 2024, DRW