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What is the name(s) of Neptunes moon(s)?

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What is the name(s) of Neptunes moon(s)?

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According to Wikipedia, Neptune has 13 moons: Naiad Thalassa Despina Galatea Larissa Proteus Triton Nereid Halimede Sao Laomedeia Psamathe Neso Neptune has thirteen known moons. The largest by far is Triton, discovered by William Lassell just seventeen days after the discovery of Neptune itself. It took about one hundred years to discover the second natural satellite, Nereid. Triton is massive enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium, and so would be considered a dwarf planet if it were in direct orbit about the Sun. Triton has a very unusual orbit that is circular but retrograde and inclined. Inward of Triton are six regular satellites, which all have prograde orbits that are not greatly inclined with respect to Neptune’s equatorial plane. Some of these orbit among Neptune’s rings. Neptune also has six outer irregular satellites, including Nereid, whose orbits are much farther from Neptune, have high inclinations, and are mixed between prograde and retrograde. Two natural satel

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