Hubble Watches Neptune Spin And Its Moon Triton Orbit Backwards

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The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) watches Neptune as it spins while its largest moon Triton orbits i the opposite direction. It does this as it is a captured object similar to Pluto and did not form with Neptune.
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I know it's triton without the label because its brightness

ibrahimfaizar
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Triton was a dwarf planet but get caught by Neptune gravity

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Thats bcuz triton is not actually a moon its a dwarf planet who got sucked into neptunes orbit so it orbits neptune backward unlike the other moons of neptune

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