Triton

Triton — moon orbiting Neptune, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore Triton in a live 3D Solar System. Follow its calculated motion and inspect real astronomical data, distances and orbital facts.

Neptune’s stolen moon: a captured Kuiper Belt object orbiting backwards, with nitrogen geysers erupting through pink ice. It will one day spiral in and be torn into rings.

Radius

1,353.4 km

Orbit

355k km from Neptune

Period

5.88 days — retrograde

Orbit

Retrograde — it orbits backwards

Origin

A captured Kuiper Belt world

Geysers

Nitrogen jets at −235 °C

Explore Triton in 3D

Cosmoscope places Triton in the Solar System using astronomical ephemeris or orbital elements, updated for the simulation time. Explore its calculated motion, distance and orbital facts in the interactive 3D view. Accuracy depends on the orbital model and its valid time range.