Larissa

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satellites of Neptune

  • clouds in Neptune's atmosphere
    In Neptune: Moons

    …of its discoveries, Proteus and Larissa, closely enough to detect both their size and approximate shape. Both bodies are irregular in shape and appear to have heavily cratered surfaces. The sizes of the other four are estimated from a combination of distant images and their brightnesses, based on the assumption…

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