*Neptune is the 8th planet from the sun (4.5 billion kilometers away).
*It is about the same size as Uranus.
*It makes one complete orbit around the sun every 164.79 years.
*It completes one full rotation every 18 hours and 26 minuts (about the same as Uranus).
*Neptune has a very active weather system. Some storms with winds around 400 miles per hour have lasted for hundreds of years on its surface.
*It has 8 moons.
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