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Neptune Moons Puzzle

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Interactive Neptune Moons. All 14 moons of Neptune in a fun online astronomy learning game.

Sort the the moons of Neptune in correct order. Fun astronomy educational game to study the natural stellites of Neptune gas giant. Free online learning game suitable for online lessons and interactive classes. Drag and drop moons. "Neptune Moons Puzzle" is a knowledge level game, about the moons and space bodies going around the gas gian Neptune. Drag and drop the moon pictures in correct order. A small puzzle game for desktop computers, laptops and tablets, which may be played in the web browser. The Astronomy Knowledge Board include 10 movable pictures of Neptune satellites, 3 taken by space probes and Earth telescopes, and 7 artistic drawings of the bigger moons, to play with.

Neptune has 14 comfirmed moons, sorted by closest to the planet in plain text:

1. Naiad
2. Thalassa
3. Despina
4. Galatea
5. Larissa
6. Hippocamp
7. Proteus
8. Triton
9. Nereid
10. Halimede
11. Sao
12. Laomedeia
13. Psamathe
14. Neso

How to play Neptune Moons Puzzle.

There are the 14 natural satellites of Neptune going in order from left to right. The biggest moons are removed from their places and put on top of the screen, leaving just an outline where they should be. Drag and drop the moon pictures in place. In this version the moons will return in hand if dropped incorrectly. Sort all the natural satellites of Neptune to win the game.

Knowledge Achievements:
Know the one major Neptune satellite.
Difficulty: Easy.
Winning the game rewards +1 Knowledge Level on Planeta 42.
Download version(bottom of the page) include an executable file for Windows OS with local levels only.

Application Content:

This puzzle game, is a fun representation of the moons of Neptune, and how the go by number. Neptune has 14 confirmed moons, most of them some small asteroid like objects. The only major planet Triton, present approximate 85% of the mass of all moons of Neptune taken togather.

1. The first and closest object to Neptune is Naiad. It is approximate 66 kilometers big, and goes around Neptune for approximate 7 hours. Naiad is dicovered in 1989 by the Voyager Science Team...

... the rest of the moons to explore are 2. Thalassa 3. Despina 4. Galatea 5. Larissa 6. S/2004 N 1 7. Proteus 8. Triton 9. Nereid 10. Halimede 11. Sao 12. Laomedeia 13. Psamathe 14. Neso.

This fun educational class may answer some of the following questions: