Pronunciation of the English word triton.
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1. | Pluto has more in common with Triton, Neptune's largest moon, than it does with any of the eight planets in our solar system. Pluto is actually smaller than Triton. | |
2. | Due to Triton's retrograde orbit, its density, and its composition, astronomers theorize that Triton was not originally a satellite of Neptune, but was captured by Neptune's gravitational pull, forcing it into an orbit around the planet. | |
3. | One of Neptune's moons, Triton, orbits the planet in a direction opposite to Neptune's other moons. | |
4. | Not only does Triton orbit Neptune in a direction opposite the other moons, but it is made of rock and ice. This is very different from Neptune's other moons. | |
5. | Triton is thought to be a combination of rock and ice. Its surface temperature is -245 degrees Celsius, and it has a thin atmosphere of nitrogen and methane. | |
6. | Triton, Cymothoe from the rock's sharp brow / push off the vessels. Neptune plies amain / his trident-lever, lays the sandbanks low, / on light wheels shaves the deep, and calms the billowy flow. | |
7. | "Renkon, where were you born?" "I was born on Barsoom, Mars. My father was from Jupiter Station. My mother was from Triton." |