# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B3cddFFlWQx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2460419-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/689d1b67e3.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-10-10T16:39:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

Triton, the biggest of Neptune's 13 moons, orbits in the opposite direction of the planet's rotation, the only large moon in our solar system to do so. It was discovered #OTD in 1846 by British astronomer William Lassell.
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#triton #planet #space #discover #neptune #cosmos #NASA #solarsystem #universe #discovery #today #science #todayinscience #history #sciencehistory #astronomy #nightsky #star #tbt

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- **Likes:** 151
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- **Comments:** 2

## Tags

solarsystem, otd, astronomy, history, nasa, today, triton, star, space, neptune, nightsky, planet, cosmos, tbt, science, todayinscience, discovery, universe, sciencehistory, discover

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