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Nereid (nĭr`ēəd), in astronomy, one of the eight known moons, or natural satellites, of Neptune Neptune, in astronomy, 8th planet from the sun at a mean distance of about 2.8 billion mi (4.5 billion km) with an orbit lying between those of Uranus and the dwarf planet Pluto; its period of revolution is about 165 years. ..... Click the link for more information. . NereidIn Greek mythology, any of the daughters of the sea god Nereus and of Doris, daughter of Oceanus. The Nereids, who numbered 50 or 100, were depicted as young girls who inhabited any water, salt or fresh, and were benign toward humanity. They were popular figures in Greek literature. The best known were Amphitrite, consort of Poseidon; Thetis, wife of Peleus (king of the Myrmidons) and mother of Achilles; and Galatea, a Sicilian loved by the Cyclops Polyphemus. |
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The other moons and their diameters are Nereid, 340 km; 1989N1, 400 km; 1989N2, 190 km; 1989N3, 150 km; 1989N4, 180 km; 1989N5, 80 km; and 1989N6, 54 km. Triton and Nereid were Neptune's only known moons before the Voyager encounter, but the spacecraft's photos revealed six more. Neptune, long known for its moons Triton and Nereid, now has eight known satellites, and scientists in the Voyager control center at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. |
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