Moon of Neptune
Triton
Orbits backwards, so it was probably captured from the Kuiper belt. Nitrogen geysers streak its frozen surface.
- Diameter
- 2,707 km
- Orbit
- 5.9 days, backwards
- Surface
- −235 °C
Can we live on Triton?
Air: N₂ 99.9%, CH₄ <0.1%. Not breathable: you’d need a suit and your own oxygen.
Gravity: 0.08 g. Someone who weighs 70 kg on Earth would weigh 6 kg there.
Ground: Nitrogen ice with dark geyser streaks.
Atmosphere
- N₂ 99.9%
- CH₄ <0.1%
- CO
Measured by Voyager 2