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Nereid is the third-largest moon of Neptune. It has a highly eccentric orbit. It was the second moon of Neptune to be discovered by Gerard Kuiper in 1949.

Nereid-Voyager2.jpg
apoapsis (km)
9.65505e+09
average speed (km/s)
3362.4
density (μ3)
1500.0
periapsis (km)
1.37181e+09
temperature (K)
50.0
albedo
0.155
discovery date
1949-05-01
discoverer
Gerard Kuiper
epoch
J2000
rotation period (s)
82932.0

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