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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Nereid (moon)</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereida_(satelite)" title="Nereida (satelite) – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Nereida (satelite)" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereida_(peyk)" title="Nereida (peyk) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Nereida (peyk)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF_(%D9%82%D9%85%D8%B1)" title="نیرید (قمر) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="نیرید (قمر)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1_(%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9)" title="নিয়ারিড (প্রাকৃতিক উপগ্রহ) – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="নিয়ারিড (প্রাকৃতিক উপগ্রহ)" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereid_(o%C4%93-chhe%E2%81%BF)" title="Nereid (oē-chheⁿ) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Nereid (oē-chheⁿ)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8D%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B0_(%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Нерэіда (спадарожнік Нептуна) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Нерэіда (спадарожнік Нептуна)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0_(%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%8A%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)" title="Нереида (спътник) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Нереида (спътник)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereid_(loarenn)" title="Nereid (loarenn) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Nereid (loarenn)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereida_(sat%C3%A8l%C2%B7lit)" title="Nereida (satèl·lit) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Nereida (satèl·lit)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereida_(m%C4%9Bs%C3%ADc)" title="Nereida (měsíc) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Nereida (měsíc)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereid_(lloeren)" title="Nereid (lloeren) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Nereid (lloeren)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereid" title="Nereid – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Nereid" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereid" title="Nereid – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Nereid" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereid" title="Nereid – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Nereid" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%B7%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B1_(%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%85%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82)" title="Νηρηίδα (δορυφόρος) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Νηρηίδα (δορυφόρος)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereida_(sat%C3%A9lite)" title="Nereida (satélite) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Nereida (satélite)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereido_(luno)" title="Nereido (luno) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Nereido (luno)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereida_(satelitea)" title="Nereida (satelitea) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Nereida (satelitea)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF_(%D9%82%D9%85%D8%B1)" title="نیرید (قمر) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نیرید (قمر)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9r%C3%A9ide_(lune)" title="Néréide (lune) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Néréide (lune)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9ir%C3%A9id" title="Néiréid – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Néiréid" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereida_(l%C3%BAa)" title="Nereida (lúa) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Nereida (lúa)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%84%A4%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4%EB%93%9C_(%EC%9C%84%EC%84%B1)" title="네레이드 (위성) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="네레이드 (위성)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%86%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%AB%D5%A4%D5%A1_(%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%AF)" title="Ներեիդա (արբանյակ) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ներեիդա (արբանյակ)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1_(%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9)" title="नियरीड (उपग्रह) – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="नियरीड (उपग्रह)" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereida_(mjesec)" title="Nereida (mjesec) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Nereida (mjesec)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereid_(satelit)" title="Nereid (satelit) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Nereid (satelit)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereide_(astronomia)" title="Nereide (astronomia) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Nereide (astronomia)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%99%D7%93" title="נראיד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="נראיד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%90_(%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%92%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98)" title="ნერეიდა (თანამგზავრი) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ნერეიდა (თანამგზავრი)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Нереида – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Нереида" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereyid" title="Nereyid – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Nereyid" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%83%D1%81%D1%83)" title="Нереида (планета жандоочусу) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Нереида (планета жандоочусу)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereis_(satelles)" title="Nereis (satelles) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Nereis (satelles)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nere%C4%ABda_(pavadonis)" title="Nereīda (pavadonis) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Nereīda (pavadonis)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereid%C4%97_(palydovas)" title="Nereidė (palydovas) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Nereidė (palydovas)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereida_(hold)" title="Nereida (hold) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Nereida (hold)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0_(%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Нереида (месечина) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Нереида (месечина)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D" title="നെരീദ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="നെരീദ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereid_(%C3%B4i-s%C4%ADng)" title="Nereid (ôi-sĭng) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Nereid (ôi-sĭng)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%94%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8_(%E1%80%82%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9F%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B6%E1%80%9C)" title="နီရီး (ဂြိုဟ်ရံလ) – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="နီရီး (ဂြိုဟ်ရံလ)" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nere%C3%AFde_(maan)" title="Nereïde (maan) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Nereïde (maan)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Nereid-Voyager2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Nereid-Voyager2.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Nereid imaged by <i><a href="/wiki/Voyager_2" title="Voyager 2">Voyager 2</a></i> in 1989</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#E0CCFF">Discovery<sup id="cite_ref-Kuiper_1949_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kuiper_1949-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_minor_planet_discoverers" title="List of minor planet discoverers">Discovered by</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gerard_P._Kuiper" class="mw-redirect" title="Gerard P. Kuiper">Gerard P. Kuiper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;">Discovery date</th><td class="infobox-data">1 May 1949</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#E0CCFF">Designations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Designation</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Neptune II</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;">Pronunciation</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɪər/: 'ear' in 'near'">ɪər</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">NEER</span>-ee-əd</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Named after</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nereid" class="mw-redirect" title="Nereid">Νηρηΐδες</a> <i>Nērēḯdes</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_adjectivals_and_demonyms_of_astronomical_bodies" title="List of adjectivals and demonyms of astronomical bodies">Adjectives</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Nereidian or Nereidean (both <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɛr/: 'err' in 'merry'">ɛr</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">NERR</span>-ee-<span style="font-size:90%">ID</span>-ee-ən</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#E0CCFF"><a href="/wiki/Osculating_orbit" title="Osculating orbit">Orbital characteristics</a><sup id="cite_ref-JPL-SSD-Neptune_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JPL-SSD-Neptune-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Epoch_(astronomy)" title="Epoch (astronomy)">Epoch</a> 1 January 2020 (<a href="/wiki/Julian_day" title="Julian day">JD</a> 2458849.5)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Observation_arc" title="Observation arc">Observation arc</a></th><td class="infobox-data">27,599 d (75.56 yr)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Semi-major_and_semi-minor_axes" title="Semi-major and semi-minor axes">Semi-major axis</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,504,000 km (0.03679 AU)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_eccentricity" title="Orbital eccentricity">Eccentricity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.749</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">Orbital period (sidereal)</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">360.14 d (0.9860 yr)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Mean_anomaly#Mean_anomaly_at_epoch" title="Mean anomaly">Mean anomaly</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">318.0<a href="/wiki/Degree_(angle)" title="Degree (angle)">°</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Mean_motion" title="Mean motion">Mean motion</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0° 59<sup>m</sup> 58.597<sup>s</sup> / day</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">Inclination</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5.8° <span style="font-size:85%;">(to the <a href="/wiki/Ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">ecliptic</a>)</span><br /><span class="nowrap">7.090° <span style="font-size:85%;">(to local <a href="/wiki/Laplace_plane" title="Laplace plane">Laplace plane</a>)</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-JPL-SSD-Neptune_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JPL-SSD-Neptune-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Longitude_of_the_ascending_node" title="Longitude of the ascending node">Longitude of ascending node</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">326.0°</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Argument_of_periapsis" title="Argument of periapsis">Argument of periapsis</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">290.3°</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Natural_satellite" title="Natural satellite">Satellite of</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Neptune" title="Neptune">Neptune</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#E0CCFF"><span class="anchor" id="Infobox_Physical_characteristics"></span>Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Mean_radius_(astronomy)" title="Mean radius (astronomy)">Mean diameter</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7005357000000000000♠"></span>357<span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>13 km</span><sup id="cite_ref-Kiss2019_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kiss2019-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Flattening" title="Flattening">Flattening</a></th><td class="infobox-data">≤0.23<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Mass" title="Mass">Mass</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7019357000000000000♠"></span>3.57<span style="margin-left:0.25em;margin-right:0.15em;">×</span>10<sup>19</sup> kg</span><br />(<span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6994598000000000000♠"></span>5.98<span style="margin-left:0.25em;margin-right:0.15em;">×</span>10<sup>−6</sup> <a href="/wiki/Earth_mass" title="Earth mass"><i>M</i><sub>🜨</sub></a></span>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Mean <a href="/wiki/Density" title="Density">density</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1.5 g/cm<sup>3</sup> (assumed)<sup id="cite_ref-JPL-SSD-sat_phys_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JPL-SSD-sat_phys-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Surface_gravity" title="Surface gravity">Surface gravity</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">≈0.075 m/s<sup>2</sup> (<span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="6997760000000000000♠"></span>0.0076 <a href="/wiki/G-force" title="G-force"><i>g</i></a></span>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Synodic_rotation_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Synodic rotation period">Synodic rotation period</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7001115940000000000♠"></span>11.594<span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>0.017</span> h<sup id="cite_ref-Kiss2019_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kiss2019-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Albedo" title="Albedo">Albedo</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.24<sup id="cite_ref-Kiss2019_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kiss2019-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Temperature" title="Temperature">Temperature</a></th><td class="infobox-data">≈50 <a href="/wiki/Kelvin" title="Kelvin">K</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(mean estimate)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">Apparent magnitude</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">19.2<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Absolute_magnitude#Solar_System_bodies_(H)" title="Absolute magnitude">Absolute magnitude <i>(H)</i></a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">4.4<sup id="cite_ref-MPC115892_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MPC115892-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nereid</b>, or <b>Neptune II</b>, is the third-largest <a href="/wiki/Natural_satellite" title="Natural satellite">moon</a> of <a href="/wiki/Neptune" title="Neptune">Neptune</a>. It has the most eccentric orbit of all known moons in the <a href="/wiki/Solar_System" title="Solar System">Solar System</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JPL-SSD-Neptune_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JPL-SSD-Neptune-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the second <a href="/wiki/Moons_of_Neptune" title="Moons of Neptune">moon of Neptune</a> to be discovered, by <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Kuiper" title="Gerard Kuiper">Gerard Kuiper</a> in 1949. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discovery_and_naming">Discovery and naming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nereid_(moon)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Discovery and naming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kuiper_colored.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Kuiper_colored.jpg/170px-Kuiper_colored.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Kuiper_colored.jpg/255px-Kuiper_colored.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Kuiper_colored.jpg/340px-Kuiper_colored.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2230" data-file-height="1813" /></a><figcaption>Gerard P. Kuiper, discoverer of Nereid</figcaption></figure> <p>Nereid was discovered on 1 May 1949 by <a href="/wiki/Gerard_P._Kuiper" class="mw-redirect" title="Gerard P. Kuiper">Gerard P. Kuiper</a> using photographic plates taken with the 82-inch telescope at the <a href="/wiki/McDonald_Observatory" title="McDonald Observatory">McDonald Observatory</a>. He proposed the name in the report of his discovery. It is named after the <a href="/wiki/Nereid" class="mw-redirect" title="Nereid">Nereids</a>, sea-nymphs of <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a> and attendants of the god <a href="/wiki/Neptune_(mythology)" title="Neptune (mythology)">Neptune</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kuiper_1949_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kuiper_1949-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the second moon of Neptune to be discovered, and the last before the arrival of <i><a href="/wiki/Voyager_2" title="Voyager 2">Voyager 2</a></i> (not counting a single observation of an occultation by <a href="/wiki/Larissa_(moon)" title="Larissa (moon)">Larissa</a> in 1981).<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_Soderblom_et_al._1989_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith_Soderblom_et_al._1989-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Physical_characteristics">Physical characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nereid_(moon)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Physical characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nereid is third-largest of <a href="/wiki/Moons_of_Neptune" title="Moons of Neptune">Neptune's satellites</a>, and has a <a href="/wiki/Mean_radius" class="mw-redirect" title="Mean radius">mean radius</a> of about 180 kilometres (110 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-Kiss2019_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kiss2019-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is by far the largest normal <a href="/wiki/Irregular_moon" title="Irregular moon">irregular satellite</a> known,<sup id="cite_ref-GravHolmanKavelaars2003_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GravHolmanKavelaars2003-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having about two-thirds the mass of all irregular moons combined.<sup id="cite_ref-denk_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denk-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Triton_(moon)" title="Triton (moon)">Triton</a> is much larger, but is very unusual for an irregular satellite.) Nereid also accounts for about 98% of the mass of Neptune's entire irregular satellite system altogether (excluding Triton), which is similar to the situation of <a href="/wiki/Phoebe_(moon)" title="Phoebe (moon)">Phoebe</a> at Saturn (the second-largest normal irregular moon in the Solar System).<sup id="cite_ref-denk_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-denk-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The shape of Nereid is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-Shaefer2008_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shaefer2008-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nereid is similar in size to <a href="/wiki/Saturn" title="Saturn">Saturn</a>'s moon <a href="/wiki/Mimas_(moon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mimas (moon)">Mimas</a>, though Nereid is denser. Since 1987 some photometric observations of Nereid have detected large (by ~1 of magnitude) variations of its brightness, which can happen over years and months, but sometimes even over a few days. They persist even after a correction for distance and phase effects. On the other hand, not all astronomers who have observed Nereid have noticed such variations. This means that they may be quite chaotic. To date there is no credible explanation of the variations, but, if they exist, they are likely related to the rotation of Nereid. Nereid's rotation could be either in the state of forced <a href="/wiki/Precession" title="Precession">precession</a> or even <a href="/wiki/Chaotic_rotation" title="Chaotic rotation">chaotic rotation</a> (like <a href="/wiki/Hyperion_(moon)" title="Hyperion (moon)">Hyperion</a>) due to its highly elliptical orbit. </p><p>In 2016, extended observations with the Kepler space telescope showed only low-amplitude variations (0.033 magnitudes). Thermal modeling based on infrared observations from the <a href="/wiki/Spitzer_Space_Telescope" title="Spitzer Space Telescope">Spitzer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Herschel_Space_Observatory" title="Herschel Space Observatory">Herschel</a> space telescopes suggest that Nereid is only moderately elongated with a maximum <a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio" title="Aspect ratio">aspect ratio</a> of 1.3:1, which disfavors forced precession of the rotation.<sup id="cite_ref-Kiss2019_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kiss2019-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The thermal model also indicates that the surface roughness of Nereid is very high, likely similar to the Saturnian moon <a href="/wiki/Hyperion_(moon)" title="Hyperion (moon)">Hyperion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kiss2019_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kiss2019-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Electromagnetic_spectrum" title="Electromagnetic spectrum">Spectrally</a>, Nereid appears neutral in colour<sup id="cite_ref-GravHolmanFraser2004_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GravHolmanFraser2004-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Ice" title="Ice">water ice</a> has been detected on its surface.<sup id="cite_ref-BrownKoreskoBlake_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BrownKoreskoBlake-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its spectrum appears to be intermediate between <a href="/wiki/Uranus" title="Uranus">Uranus</a>'s moons <a href="/wiki/Titania_(moon)" title="Titania (moon)">Titania</a> and <a href="/wiki/Umbriel" title="Umbriel">Umbriel</a>, which suggests that Nereid's surface is composed of a mixture of water ice and some spectrally neutral material.<sup id="cite_ref-BrownKoreskoBlake_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BrownKoreskoBlake-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The spectrum is markedly different from <a href="/wiki/Minor_planet" title="Minor planet">minor planets</a> of the outer solar system, <a href="/wiki/Centaur_(minor_planet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Centaur (minor planet)">centaurs</a> <a href="/wiki/5145_Pholus" title="5145 Pholus">Pholus</a>, <a href="/wiki/2060_Chiron" title="2060 Chiron">Chiron</a> and <a href="/wiki/10199_Chariklo" title="10199 Chariklo">Chariklo</a>, suggesting that Nereid formed around Neptune rather than being a captured body.<sup id="cite_ref-BrownKoreskoBlake_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BrownKoreskoBlake-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Halimede_(moon)" title="Halimede (moon)">Halimede</a>, which displays a similar gray neutral colour, may be a fragment of Nereid that was broken off during a collision.<sup id="cite_ref-GravHolmanFraser2004_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GravHolmanFraser2004-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Orbit_and_rotation">Orbit and rotation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nereid_(moon)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Orbit and rotation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nereid <a href="/wiki/Orbit" title="Orbit">orbits</a> <a href="/wiki/Neptune" title="Neptune">Neptune</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Retrograde_motion" class="mw-redirect" title="Retrograde motion">prograde</a> direction at an <a href="/wiki/Semimajor_axis" class="mw-redirect" title="Semimajor axis">average distance</a> of 5,504,000 km (3,420,000 mi), but its high <a href="/wiki/Eccentricity_(orbit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eccentricity (orbit)">eccentricity</a> of 0.749 takes it as close as 1,381,500 km (858,400 mi) and as far as 9,626,500 km (5,981,600 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-JPL-SSD-Neptune_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JPL-SSD-Neptune-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nereid%27s_orbit_around_Neptune.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Nereid%27s_orbit_around_Neptune.svg/240px-Nereid%27s_orbit_around_Neptune.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Nereid%27s_orbit_around_Neptune.svg/360px-Nereid%27s_orbit_around_Neptune.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Nereid%27s_orbit_around_Neptune.svg/480px-Nereid%27s_orbit_around_Neptune.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="456" data-file-height="305" /></a><figcaption>Nereid's highly eccentric orbit around Neptune.</figcaption></figure><p>The unusual orbit suggests that it may be either a captured <a href="/wiki/Asteroid" title="Asteroid">asteroid</a> or <a href="/wiki/Kuiper_belt" title="Kuiper belt">Kuiper belt</a> object, or that it was an inner moon in the past and was perturbed during the capture of Neptune's largest moon <a href="/wiki/Triton_(moon)" title="Triton (moon)">Triton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BrownKoreskoBlake_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BrownKoreskoBlake-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If the latter is true, it may be the only survivor of Neptune's original (pre-<a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Triton" title="Capture of Triton">Triton capture</a>) set of <a href="/wiki/Regular_satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Regular satellite">regular satellites</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Brozovic2019_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brozovic2019-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1991, a rotation period of Nereid of about 13.6 hours was determined by an analysis of its light curve.<sup id="cite_ref-Williams1991_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams1991-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, another rotation period of about <span class="nowrap">11.52 ± 0.14 hours</span> was measured.<sup id="cite_ref-GravHolmanKavelaars2003_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GravHolmanKavelaars2003-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this determination was later disputed, and other researchers for a time failed to detect any periodic modulation in Nereid's light curve from ground-based observations.<sup id="cite_ref-Shaefer2008_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shaefer2008-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, a clear rotation period of 11.594 ± 0.017 hours was determined based on observations with the <a href="/wiki/Kepler_space_telescope" title="Kepler space telescope">Kepler space telescope</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kiss2019_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kiss2019-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Exploration">Exploration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nereid_(moon)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Exploration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The only spacecraft to visit Nereid was <i><a href="/wiki/Voyager_2" title="Voyager 2">Voyager 2</a></i>, which passed it at a distance of 4,700,000 km (2,900,000 mi)<sup id="cite_ref-JonesB1991_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JonesB1991-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> between 20 April and 19 August 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-Jacobson1991_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jacobson1991-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Voyager 2</i> obtained 83 images with observation accuracies of 70 km (43 mi) to 800 km (500 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-Jacobson1991_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jacobson1991-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to <i>Voyager 2'</i>s arrival, observations of Nereid had been limited to ground-based observations that could only establish its intrinsic brightness and <a href="/wiki/Orbital_elements" title="Orbital elements">orbital elements</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NASA-Pic_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA-Pic-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the images obtained by <i>Voyager 2</i> do not have a high enough resolution to allow surface features to be distinguished, <i>Voyager 2</i> was able to measure the size of Nereid and found that it was grey in colour and had a higher <a href="/wiki/Albedo" title="Albedo">albedo</a> than Neptune's other small satellites.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_Soderblom_et_al._1989_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith_Soderblom_et_al._1989-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>If selected, The Arcanum mission<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> would do a flyby of Nereid before its primary purposes of orbiting Neptune and observing Triton.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nereid_(moon)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moons_of_Neptune" title="Moons of Neptune">Moons of Neptune</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nereid_(moon)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Flattening derived from the maximum aspect ratio (a/c): <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle f\leq 1-{\frac {c}{a}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>f</mi> <mo>≤</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo>−</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mi>c</mi> <mi>a</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle f\leq 1-{\frac {c}{a}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/5c7d47916d95ab170f035bd1a57dc41c4d7601a8" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.838ex; width:10.446ex; height:4.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle f\leq 1-{\frac {c}{a}}}"></span>, where (a/c) ≤ 1.3.<sup id="cite_ref-Kiss2019_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kiss2019-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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title="Moons of Neptune">Neptune</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jupiter_family.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Jupiter_family.jpg/150px-Jupiter_family.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Jupiter_family.jpg/225px-Jupiter_family.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Jupiter_family.jpg/300px-Jupiter_family.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2081" data-file-height="1654" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PIA19856-PlutoCharon-NewHorizons-Color-20150714.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/PIA19856-PlutoCharon-NewHorizons-Color-20150714.jpg/150px-PIA19856-PlutoCharon-NewHorizons-Color-20150714.jpg" decoding="async" 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_natural_satellites" title="List of natural satellites">Dwarf planet<br />satellites</a> of</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vanth_(moon)" title="Vanth (moon)">Orcus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moons_of_Pluto" title="Moons of Pluto">Pluto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moons_of_Haumea" title="Moons of Haumea">Haumea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weywot" title="Weywot">Quaoar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S/2015_(136472)_1" title="S/2015 (136472) 1">Makemake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiangliu_(moon)" title="Xiangliu (moon)">Gonggong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dysnomia_(moon)" title="Dysnomia (moon)">Eris</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minor-planet_moon" title="Minor-planet moon">Minor-planet<br />moons</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Near-Earth</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/3122_Florence" title="3122 Florence">Florence</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/65803_Didymos" title="65803 Didymos">Didymos</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Dimorphos" title="Dimorphos">Dimorphos</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/66391_Moshup" title="66391 Moshup">Moshup</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/66391_Moshup#Satellite" title="66391 Moshup">Squannit</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(136617)_1994_CC" title="(136617) 1994 CC">1994 CC</a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(153591)_2001_SN263" title="(153591) 2001 SN263">2001 SN<sub>263</sub></a></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Main belt</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/22_Kalliope" title="22 Kalliope">Kalliope</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Linus_(moon)" title="Linus (moon)">Linus</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/31_Euphrosyne" title="31 Euphrosyne">Euphrosyne</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/41_Daphne" title="41 Daphne">Daphne</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">Peneius</span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/45_Eugenia" title="45 Eugenia">Eugenia</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Petit-Prince_(moon)" title="Petit-Prince (moon)">Petit-Prince</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/87_Sylvia" title="87 Sylvia">Sylvia</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Romulus_(moon)" title="Romulus (moon)">Romulus</a></span></dd> <dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Remus_(moon)" title="Remus (moon)">Remus</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/93_Minerva" title="93 Minerva">Minerva</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">Aegis</span></dd> <dd><span style="font-size:85%;">Gorgoneion</span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/107_Camilla" title="107 Camilla">Camilla</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/130_Elektra" title="130 Elektra">Elektra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/216_Kleopatra" title="216 Kleopatra">Kleopatra</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;">Alexhelios</span></dd> <dd><span style="font-size:85%;">Cleoselene</span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/243_Ida" title="243 Ida">Ida</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Dactyl_(moon)" title="Dactyl (moon)">Dactyl</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/317_Roxane" title="317 Roxane">Roxane</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Olympias_(moon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympias (moon)">Olympias</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/762_Pulcova" title="762 Pulcova">Pulcova</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/3749_Balam" title="3749 Balam">Balam</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/152830_Dinkinesh" title="152830 Dinkinesh">Dinkinesh</a> (Selam)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Jupiter trojans</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/617_Patroclus" title="617 Patroclus">Patroclus</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Menoetius_(moon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Menoetius (moon)">Menoetius</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/624_Hektor" title="624 Hektor">Hektor</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Skamandrios_(moon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skamandrios (moon)">Skamandrios</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/3548_Eurybates" title="3548 Eurybates">Eurybates</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Queta_(moon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Queta (moon)">Queta</a></span></dd></dl></dd></dl> <dl><dt>TNOs</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/47171_Lempo" title="47171 Lempo">Lempo</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/47171_Lempo#Hiisi" title="47171 Lempo">Hiisi</a></span></dd> <dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/47171_Lempo#Paha" title="47171 Lempo">Paha</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(55637)_2002_UX25" title="(55637) 2002 UX25">2002 UX<sub>25</sub></a></span></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/79360_Sila%E2%80%93Nunam" title="79360 Sila–Nunam">Sila–Nunam</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/120347_Salacia" title="120347 Salacia">Salacia</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Actaea_(moon)" title="Actaea (moon)">Actaea</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/174567_Varda" title="174567 Varda">Varda</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Ilmar%C3%AB" title="Ilmarë">Ilmarë</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/229762_G%C7%83k%C3%BAn%C7%81%CA%BCh%C3%B2md%C3%ADm%C3%A0" title="229762 Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà">Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà</a> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/G%C7%83%C3%B2%CA%BC%C3%A9_%C7%83H%C3%BA" class="mw-redirect" title="Gǃòʼé ǃHú">Gǃòʼé ǃHú</a></span></dd></dl></dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(532037)_2013_FY27" title="(532037) 2013 FY27">2013 FY<sub>27</sub></a></span></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Ranked<br />by size</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ganymede_(moon)" title="Ganymede (moon)">Ganymede</a> <ul><li><small><b>largest</b>: 5268 km / 0.413 Earths</small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_(moon)" title="Titan (moon)">Titan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callisto_(moon)" title="Callisto (moon)">Callisto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Io_(moon)" title="Io (moon)">Io</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europa_(moon)" title="Europa (moon)">Europa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triton_(moon)" title="Triton (moon)">Triton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titania_(moon)" title="Titania (moon)">Titania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhea_(moon)" title="Rhea (moon)">Rhea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oberon_(moon)" title="Oberon (moon)">Oberon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iapetus_(moon)" title="Iapetus (moon)">Iapetus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charon_(moon)" title="Charon (moon)">Charon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umbriel" title="Umbriel">Umbriel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariel_(moon)" title="Ariel (moon)">Ariel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dione_(moon)" title="Dione (moon)">Dione</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tethys_(moon)" title="Tethys (moon)">Tethys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dysnomia_(moon)" title="Dysnomia (moon)">Dysnomia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enceladus" title="Enceladus">Enceladus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miranda_(moon)" title="Miranda (moon)">Miranda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanth_(moon)" title="Vanth (moon)">Vanth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proteus_(moon)" title="Proteus (moon)">Proteus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mimas" title="Mimas">Mimas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilmar%C3%AB" title="Ilmarë">Ilmarë</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nereid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hi%CA%BBiaka_(moon)" title="Hiʻiaka (moon)">Hiʻiaka</a></li> <li><a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kuiper_belt" title="Kuiper belt">Kuiper belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Neptune-crossing_minor_planets" title="List of Neptune-crossing minor planets">Neptune-crossing minor planets</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Neptune_trojan" title="Neptune trojan">Trojans</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/385571_Otrera" title="385571 Otrera">385571 Otrera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/385695_Clete" title="385695 Clete">385695 Clete</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_QR322" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 QR322">2001 QR<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">322</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_KV18" title="2004 KV18">2004 KV<span style="position: 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