Mind-boggling facts about Neptune

Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and the fourth largest (by diameter). Neptune is smaller in diameter but larger in mass than Uranus.

Interesting facts about Neptune.

• The planet Neptune is named after Roman god of sea because the blue planet reminded astronomers of the Earth's ocean.

• Neptune is the only planet in the solar system that can't be seen from Earth.
  
• Neptune was originally going to be called "Le Verrier's planet", after French mathematicians Urbain Le Verrier.
  
• Astronomers have measured stronger winds on Neptune than on any other planet in the solar system.
  
• The magnetic force on Neptune is 27 times greater than that on Earth.
  
• Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun, at about 3 billion miles (5 billion kilometers).
  
• One of the Neptune's moon, Triton, may be the coldest place in our solar system.
  
• Neptune has rings, but they are thin and hard to see.
  
• Methane gas on the planet's atmosphere makes the planet appear blue.
  
• Intense pressure and super-hot temperatures create cascading showers of diamonds on Neptune.