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Neptunian

Variant of Neptune

Neptune definition

Nep·tune (nep′to̵̅o̅n′, -tyo̵̅o̅n′)

noun

Rom. Myth. the god of the sea: identified with the Greek Poseidon
the sea personified
Etymology: ModL
the fourth largest planet of the solar system and normally the eighth in distance from the sun: it has a thin, icy ring system around its equator: diameter, c. 49,530 km (c. 30,780 mi); period of revolution, 164.79 earth years; period of rotation, 16.11 hours; 13 satellites; symbol, ♆

Etymology: ME < L Neptunus, prob. < IE *nebhtus < base *nebh-, moist > nebula

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