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    Triton is the largest natural satellite of the planet Neptune. It is the only moon of Neptune massive enough to be rounded under its own gravity and hosts...
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    next-largest satellite in the Solar System suspected to be captured, Saturn's moon Phoebe, has only 0.03% of Triton's mass. The capture of Triton, probably...
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    orbiting natural satellites. As opposed to planetary-sized bodies, asteroid moons are thought to commonly form by this process. Triton is another exception;...
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  • Triton, triton, or tritons in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Triton commonly refers to: Triton (mythology), a Greek god Triton (moon), a satellite of...
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  • mid latitudes. Launch took place in June 2019. Triton, The FORMOSAT-7R (TRITON) is a micro-satellite designed and manufactured by NSPO. It is planned...
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    geology of Triton encompasses the physical characteristics of the surface, internal structure, and geological history of Neptune's largest moon Triton. With...
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    Such a route has been suggested as most likely for Triton. After the capture, some of the satellites could break up leading to groupings of smaller moons...
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    mass of all irregular moons combined. (Triton is much larger, but is very unusual for an irregular satellite.) Nereid also accounts for about 98% of...
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    The atmosphere of Triton is the layer of gases surrounding Triton. Like the atmospheres of Titan and Pluto, Triton's atmosphere is composed primarily of...
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    The Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton is an American high-altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed for and flown by the United States...
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    planetary-mass moon is a planetary-mass object that is also a natural satellite. They are large and ellipsoidal (sometimes spherical) in shape. Moons...
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    orbital elements of irregular satellites are based on the epoch of 1 January 2020. List of natural satellites The mass of Triton is about 2.14 × 1022 kg, whereas...
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    of Triton encompasses the atmospheric dynamics, weather, and long-term atmospheric trends of Neptune's moon Triton. Although the atmosphere of Triton is...
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  • has 16 known moons; the largest, Triton, accounts for more than 99.5 percent of all the mass orbiting the planet. Triton is large enough to have achieved...
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  • Inner moon (redirect from Inner satellite)
    disrupted after the capture of the large moon Triton. Inner satellites are distinguished from other regular satellites by their proximity to the parent planet...
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    Kuiper belt. Phoebe is the second-largest retrograde satellite in the Solar System after Triton. Phoebe was discovered by William Henry Pickering on 18...
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  • Chrysalis. The capture of Triton by Neptune possibly destroyed some of the previous moons of Neptune, by crashing them on Neptune or Triton itself. In turn, tidal...
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    (1990). "Temperature and Thermal Emissivity of the Surface of Neptune's Satellite Triton". Science. 250 (4979): 429–31. Bibcode:1990Sci...250..429N. doi:10...
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    Ruach Planitia (category Triton (moon))
    circular flat plain and probable cryolava lake on Neptune's moon Triton. It is located in Triton's northern hemisphere within Monad Regio and directly borders...
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    Triton Island (Chinese: 中建岛; pinyin: Zhōngjiàn Dǎo; Vietnamese: đảo Tri Tôn) is the westernmost and southernmost of the Paracel Islands in the South China...
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    passing around 1,300 km (810 mi) from Neptune and 8,200 km (5,100 mi) from Triton. The need to avoid ring material detected by stellar occultations prompted...
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    (nitrogen) and Neptune's moon Triton (hydrogen) is predicted. Complex magnetic interactions have been observed in satellite systems. Most notably, the interaction...
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    Cryovolcano (section Triton)
    Solar System Ruach Planitia and Tuonela Planitia, Triton Detail mosaic of Leviathan Patera, Triton Radar image of Doom Mons, Titan Ahuna Mons, Ceres Topography...
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    accreted later from the debris formed when the largest Neptunian satellite, Triton, was captured. Proteus was discovered from the images taken by the...
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  • Jones Radio Networks (category Triton Media Group)
    Jones International before being sold to Triton Media Group. JRN and JMN provide local radio stations with satellite-delivered formats. They also offer other...
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    The Triton Museum of Art is a contemporary art museum located at 1505 Warburton Avenue in Santa Clara, California. The museum was founded in 1965 in San...
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    Larissa, like the other satellites inward of Triton, is a rubble pile re-accreted from fragments of Neptune's original satellites, which were disrupted...
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    planetary-mass moons and among the largest objects in the Solar System; Titan and Triton, together with the Moon, are larger than any of the Solar System's dwarf...
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    Io (moon) (redirect from Satellite Io)
    designation (a system introduced by Galileo) as "Jupiter I", or as "the first satellite of Jupiter". The customary English pronunciation of the name is /ˈaɪoʊ/...
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  • Glacier, Triton being one of the satellites of the planet Neptune, the eighth planet of the Solar System. Triton Point is the type locality of the Triton Point...
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