posted on Apr, 25 2011 @ 05:18 PM
Triton is the largest moon of the planet Neptune, discovered on October 10, 1846, by William Lassell. It is the only large moon in the Solar System
with a retrograde orbit, which is an orbit in the opposite direction to its planet's rotation.[9] At 2700 km in diameter, it is the seventh-largest
moon in the Solar System. Because of its retrograde orbit and composition similar to Pluto's, Triton is thought to have been captured from the Kuiper
belt.[10] Triton consists of a crust of frozen nitrogen over an icy mantle believed to cover a substantial core of rock and metal.[4] The core makes
up two-thirds of its total mass. Triton has a mean density of 2.061 g/cm3[3] and is composed of approximately 15–35% water ice.[4]
Triton is one of the few moons in the Solar System known to be geologically active. As a consequence, its surface is relatively young, with a complex
geological history revealed in intricate and mysterious cryovolcanic and tectonic terrains.[4] Part of its crust is dotted with geysers believed to
erupt nitrogen.[7] Triton has a tenuous nitrogen atmosphere less than 1/70 000th the pressure of Earth's atmosphere at sea level.[7]
could triton be a captured satelite of sols yet undescovered binary darkstar companion if in fact it exists, other planets have retrode grade
satelites from jupiter out to neptune but non as large as triton!
could this be further evidence of something pritty large lurkering beyond pluto?
edit on 25-4-2011 by sema sema because: corrected misleading
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