![]() Proteus is the largest Voyager-discovered moon.Nereid's odd orbit suggests it might be a captured asteroid.Īs it passed by the planet, Voyager 2 discovered six additional natural satellites, giving Neptune a total of eight moons. Nereid reflects about 12 percent of the sunlight that reaches it. Voyager 2 found the small moon to be only 213 miles in diameter. Its distance from Neptune varies from 900,000 to 6,000,000 miles. It has the most eccentric orbit of any moon in the Solar System. ![]()
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