Triton is a piece of digital artwork by Kim Sy Ok which was uploaded on August 8th, 2012.
Title
Triton
Artist
Kim Sy Ok
Medium
Digital Art
Description
Triton is the largest moon of the planet Neptune, discovered on October 10, 1846, by English astronomer William Lassell. It is the only large moon in the Solar System with a retrograde orbit, which is an orbit in the opposite direction to its planet's rotation. At 2,700 km in diameter, it is the seventh-largest moon in the Solar System. Because of its retrograde orbit and composition similar to Pluto's, Triton is thought to have been captured from the Kuiper belt.[10] Triton has a surface of mostly frozen nitrogen, a mostly water ice crust,[11] an icy mantle and a substantial core of rock and metal.[5] The core makes up two-thirds of its total mass. Triton has a mean density of 2.061 grams per cubic centimetre (0.0745 lb/cu in)[4] and is composed of approximately 15�35% water ice.[5]
Triton is one of the few moons in the Solar System known to be geologically active. As a consequence, its surface is relatively young, with a complex geological history revealed in intricate and mysterious cryovolcanic and tectonic terrains.[5] Part of its crust is dotted with geysers thought to erupt nitrogen.[9] Triton has a tenuous nitrogen atmosphere less than 1/70,000 the pressure of Earth's atmosphere at sea level.
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Uploaded
August 8th, 2012
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Comments (5)
Florin Birjoveanu
Kim, wonderful motion and light! DFSG & Vote!
Kim Sy Ok replied:
Thank you so much Florin for your generous support,comments and v/DFSG!! Happy you enjoy it :)