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NEPTUNE is the world's first regional-scale underwater ocean observatory that plugs directly into the Internet. [1] NEPTUNE is the largest installation on the Ocean Networks Canada network of ocean observatories. Since December 2009, it has allowed people to "surf" the seafloor while ocean scientists run deep-water experiments from labs and ...
Neptune ( Latin: Neptūnus [nɛpˈtuːnʊs]) is the Roman god of freshwater and the sea [2] in Roman religion. He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon. [3] In the Greek-inspired tradition, he is a brother of Jupiter and Pluto; the brothers preside over the realms of heaven, the earthly world (including the underworld ), and the seas. [4] Salacia is his wife.
The Neptune Factor, also known as The Neptune Disaster, [4] is a 1973 science fiction film directed by Daniel Petrie, featuring underwater cinematography by Paul Herbermann.
Discovery of Neptune. New Berlin Observatory at Linden Street, where Neptune was discovered observationally. Neptune as imaged by the Voyager 2 probe in 1989. The planet Neptune was mathematically predicted before it was directly observed. With a prediction by Urbain Le Verrier, telescopic observations confirming the existence of a major planet ...
The Fountain of Neptune ( Italian: Fontana di Nettuno) is a monumental civic fountain located in the eponymous square, Piazza del Nettuno, next to Piazza Maggiore, in Bologna, Italy [1] The fountain is a model example of Mannerist taste of the Italian courtly elite in the mid-sixteenth century.
Exploration of Neptune. Photograph of Neptune in true colour by Voyager 2 in 1989. [a] Neptune's south pole is slightly above the bottom of the image. Neptune has been directly explored by one space probe, Voyager 2, in 1989. As of 2024, there are no confirmed future missions to visit the Neptunian system, although a tentative Chinese mission ...
The planet Neptune has 16 known moons, which are named for minor water deities and a water creature in Greek mythology. By far the largest of them is Triton, discovered by William Lassell on October 10, 1846, 17 days after the discovery of Neptune itself. Over a century passed before the discovery of the second natural satellite, Nereid, in ...
The Neptunalia was an obscure archaic two-day festival in honor of Neptune as god of waters, celebrated at Rome in the heat and drought of summer, probably 23 July ( Varro, De lingua Latina vi.19). [1] It was one of the dies comitiales, when committees of citizens could vote on civil or criminal matters.