Tritoni
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Triton | Moon |
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Type:
Deposit first discovered:
1846
The largest moon of Neptune, with a radius of 1,350 km. Triton has the coldest surface known anywhere in the Solar System (38 K) and is the only satellite in the Solar System known to have a surface made mainly of nitrogen ice. A vast south polar cap is pinkish in color, believed to contain methane ice, which would have reacted under sunlight to form pink or red compounds.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Nitrogen Ice' Formula: N2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | 'Nitrogen Ice' | 1.C0. | N2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| N | Nitrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| N | ⓘ Nitrogen Ice | N2 |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_(moon) |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q3359 |
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Triton