Neptune

proper noun

1. 1

   The eighth planet in our solar system, represented in astronomy and astrology by ♆.

   At a meeting of the French Academy of Science, M. Leverrier presented a fifth and final memoir on the new planet, which M. Arago proposes to be called Neptune.

   The duration of planetary orbits ranges widely. Mercury — the closest planet to the sun — has an 88-day orbit, while Earth, the third from the sun, takes 365 days (1 year). Mars needs almost twice that time to fly around the sun, while Saturn takes 10,759 days (29.4 years). Neptune, the furthest planet from the sun, has an orbit of 60,190 days (164.9 years).

2. 2

   The god of the ocean and of earthquakes, equivalent to Poseidon in Greek mythology.

   And Pitheus alſo had giuen it out abroad, that he was begotten of Neptune, becauſe the TROEZENIANS haue this god in great veneration, and doe worſhip him as patron and protector of their citie, making offerings to him of their firſt fruits: and they haue for the marke and ſtamp of their money, the three picked mace, which is the ſigne of Neptune, called his Trident.

3. 3

   A place in the United States: A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

4. 4

   A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio.

5. 5

   A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.

6. 6

   A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in the town of Ithaca, Richland County, Wisconsin.