Neptune

Neptune (also known as Sol VIII) was the eighth planet of the Sol system. The planet was located within Sector 001 of the Alpha Quadrant.

History

In 2257, the USS Discovery passed through the Neptunian system on its course to Vulcan. After leaving the system, the Federation starship went to warp. (DIS: "Will You Take My Hand?")

Arex described the cosmic cloud, encountered by the USS Enterprise in 2269, as having twice the diameters of Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune in size. (TAS: "One of Our Planets Is Missing")

A painting depicting Neptune as seen from Triton hung above Geordi La Forge's bed in his quarters aboard the USS Enterprise-D. (TNG: "The Most Toys", "The Mind's Eye")

See also

• Neptune-class

Stellar cartography

In 2024, the position and orbital path of Neptune were depicted on a map of the Solar System, which was seen at the gala held for the Europa Mission astronauts. (PIC: "Two of One")

At warp 4.5, it would take six minutes to travel from Earth to Neptune and back. (ENT: "Broken Bow")

In 1996, of an alternate timeline, the position and orbital path of Neptune in the Sol system were depicted on a poster in the office where Rain Robinson worked, at the Griffith Observatory. (VOY: "Future's End")

In 2267, the position and orbital path of Neptune were illustrated on "Chart 14A: The Sol System". The chart was filed in the USS Enterprise library computer. The planet was identified by name and by its astronomical symbol. It was scanned by the probe Nomad in auxiliary control. (TOS: "The Changeling" production art)

Appendices

Background information

Neptune was named after the Roman god of oceans and earthquakes.

Diameter was from real-world sources.

The painting of Neptune and Triton was created by Rick Sternbach and lent to the production. It was originally published by Astronomy Magazine and The Planetary Society. [1]

In the Star Trek: Star Charts ("United Federation of Planets I"), Neptune was a charter member of the United Federation of Planets in 2161.

In the Star Trek Encyclopedia, 4th ed., vol. 2, p. 73, the authors wrote that Neptune orbited the sun at an average distance of thirty au.

Apocrypha

In 1975, the Mego toy company produced a reptilian action figure doll called a "Neptunian," although such a creature never appeared at any time during the Star Trek franchise. Mego may have intended to create a Skorr or Aquan action doll, but it looked nothing like the animated species. [2]

External links

• Neptune at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Neptune at Wikipedia