Neptune
Neptune (also known as Sol VIII) was the eighth planet of the Sol system.

Location 
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. ()

At warp 4.5, it would take six minutes to travel from Earth to Neptune and back. ()

In 1996, 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. ()

In 2267, the position and orbital path of Neptune were illustrated on "Chart 14A: The Sol System". The chart was filed in the  library computer. It was scanned by the probe Nomad in auxiliary control. ( production art)

History 

In 2257, the  passed through the Neptunian system on its course to . After leaving the system, the Federation starship went to warp. ()

According to Arex, the cosmic cloud encountered by the  in 2269 was twice the diameters of Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune in size. ()

A painting depicting Neptune as seen from Triton hung above Geordi La Forge's bed in his quarters aboard the . ()

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Background information 
Neptune was named after the Roman god of water.

The painting of Neptune and Triton was created by Rick Sternbach and lent to the production. It was originally published by  and . 

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

According to the , Neptune orbited the sun at an average distance of thirty au.

Apocrypha 
In , 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 looks nothing like the animated species.

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