Proteus orbits neptune about every 27 hours. Scientists think triton is a kuiper belt object captured by neptune's gravity millions of years ago It shares many similarities with pluto, the best known world of the kuiper belt Like our own moon, triton is locked in synchronous rotation with neptune―one side faces the planet at all times. Moons about moons by destination earth (1) mars (2) jupiter (95) saturn (83) uranus (27) neptune (14) pluto (5) asteroids, comets & meteors about asteroids, comets & meteors by type You are using an outdated browser
Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. As uranus and neptune drifted farther outward, they passed through the dense disk of small, icy bodies left over after the giant planets formed Neptune's orbit was the farthest out, and its gravity bent the paths of countless icy bodies inward toward the other giants. Sheppard's neptune's known satellites page Sheppard's pluto's known satellites page
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