What it is: A swap is an agreement between two parties to exchange a series of future cash flows. How it works (Example): Swaps are financial agreements to exchange cash flows. Swaps can be based on interest rates, stock indices, foreign currency exchange rates and even commodities prices.
Neptune was discovered in the fall of 1846. What is Neptune's nickname, 'Last of the Gas Giants. Neptune had gone through several name changes from LeVerrier's Planet to Janus to Oceanus, and then finally Neptune in 1846. It is also called, the watery planet. The planet has several nicknames, including: The Blue Planet.
Neptune. Neptune is the 8th planet in our Solar System and the furthest from the Sun, being some 2,798,310,157 miles from the Sun. This was the first planet to be found using mathematics rather than observation techniques. Neptune is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third-largest by mass.Neptune as with Uranus is an Gas Giant and also an Ice Giant, and has 12 known moons orbiting it, and the planet orbits the Sun every 165 Earth years and has been named after the Roman god of the sea.eptune is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third-largest by mass. Neptune as with Uranus is an Gas Giant and also an Ice Giant, and has 12 known moons orbiting it, and the planet orbits the Sun every 165 Earth years and has been named after the Roman god of the sea.