S/2021 N 1
Moon· orbits Neptune
S/2021 N 1 — moon of Neptune.
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Key facts
Orbit around Neptune
28.3 Earth years
10,321 Earth days
Science
Orbit around Neptune
- Distance from Neptune
- 0.442 AU
- Orbital period
- 28.26 years
- Eccentricity
- 0.4328
- Inclination
- 129.25 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0011 S⊕ · 1/912 of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- S.S. Sheppard, D.J. Tholen, C. Trujillo, P.S. Lykawka
S/2021 N 1 is the provisional designation of a small moon of Neptune detected in 2021 by S.S. Sheppard and colleagues. It has not yet been given a permanent name, and little is known about it beyond its discovery and orbit.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.