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Neptune's moons:

# Name Distance
(x1000km)
Diameter
(km)
Mass
(kg)
Found
1 Naiad 48 66 (96×60×52) 1.9x1017 1989
2 Thalassa 50 82 (108×100×52) 3.5x1017 1989
3 Despina 53 150 (180×148×128) 2.1x1018 1989
4 Galatea 62 176 (204×184×144) 2.12x1018 1989
5 Larissa 74 194 (216×204×168) 4.2x1018 1981
6 Proteus 118 420 (436 × 416 × 402) 5x1019 1989
7 Triton 355 2,707 2.14x1022 1846
8 Nereid 5,514 340 3.1x1019 1949
9 Halimede 16,611 62 1.6x1017 2002
10 Sao 22,228 44 5.8x1016 2002
11 Laomedeia 23,567 42 5.0x1016 2002
12 Psamathe 48,096 38 3.7x1016 2003
13 Neso 49,285 60 1.5x1017 2002
 

Moons Gallery

Neptune's moons don't have a lot of pics so I grouped them here. Neptune's moon, Psamathe was found using the Subaru Telescope, Hawaii in 2003.

Voyager 2 - Despina 1Voyager 2 - Despina 1 Voyager 2 - Despina 2Voyager 2 - Despina 2 Voyager 2 - Galatea 1Voyager 2 - Galatea 1 Voyager 2 - Galatea 2Voyager 2 - Galatea 2 Voyager 2 - LarissaVoyager 2 - Larissa Voyager 2 - NaiadVoyager 2 - Naiad Voyager 2 - NereidVoyager 2 - Nereid Voyager 2 - ProteusVoyager 2 - Proteus Subaru Telescope - PsamatheSubaru Telescope - Psamathe Voyager 2 - Thalassa, Naiad and DespinaVoyager 2 - Thalassa, Naiad & Despina  

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