Neptune (or Sol VIII) was the eighth planet in the Sol planetary system. This system was located in Sector 001 (Sol sector), a region of space in the Alpha Quadrant.
History
Neptune was seen on a map depicting the Sol system scanned by Nomad. (TOS: "The Changeling")
At warp 4.5, it would take six minutes to go to Neptune and back from Earth. (ENT: "Broken Bow")
According to Arex, the cosmic cloud encountered by the USS Enterprise in 2269 was twice the diameters of Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune in size. (TAS: "One of Our Planets Is Missing")
A painting depicting Neptune as seen from Triton hung above Geordi La Forge's bed in his quarters aboard the USS Enterprise-D. (TNG: "The Most Toys", "The Mind's Eye")
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Background information
Neptune was named after the Roman god of water. The Earth Starfleet Template:ShipClass starships might have been named after this planet.
"The Explored Galaxy"
This chart was first seen, chronologically, in 2293. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) This chart was also seen in several Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes set in the 24th century, from the year 2364 to 2370. These were: TNG: "Conspiracy", "The Measure Of A Man", "The Emissary", "The Mind's Eye", "The Game" and DS9: "In the Hands of the Prophets", "Cardassians".
Star Trek: Star Charts
This planet was a charter member of the United Federation of Planets in 2161.
The specifications for Neptune were:
- Diameter: 49,284 km
- Distance from Sun: 4,497,000,000 km
- Cloudtop Temperature: -225 °C
- Rotation Period: 0.67 days
- Orbital Period: 164.8 years
- Gravity: 1.19 standard
- Moons: 8, including Triton, Nereid
The Sol system was located in Federation space, in the Alpha Quadrant. This system was a single star system. Primary was a Class G star with a magnitude of +5. This system was a destination on the Earth trade routes in the mid-22nd century and on the major space lanes in the late 24th century. In 1972, the space probe Pioneer 10 was launched from this system. On April 20, 2151. the Enterprise launched from this system on her maiden voyage. In 2271, V'Ger visited this system. Note: The actual date of this visit was in 2273. The classification for this planet was not given in the book. There was a noticeable gap in the planetary classes. There were no planet classes for planets in the range of 15,000 to 50,000 kilometers. (Pgs.39, 62, "United Federation of Planets I")
Apocrypha
In 1975, 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. [2]