Moon
Triton
Triton is the largest moon of Neptune and orbits in a retrograde direction.
- Type
- Moon
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Connections
- 3
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lunar & Planetary Institute · NASA media (public domain)
- Type: Moon
- Domain: Scientific connections
Experience system V6
Satellite world profile
A moon-first layout that links the body to its parent planet, orbital context, geology, and mission evidence when available.
- 01
Observe
NASA imagery anchors the visual reading with licensed source metadata.
- 02
Measure
Numerical fields come from the typed Solar System catalog and are omitted when not available.
- 03
Locate
Child of Neptune.
- 04
Connect
3 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.
- Object type
- Moon
- Graph relations
- 3
- Verified sources
- 2
- Image records
- 4
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Status
- Graph entity
Scientific map
Orbit context
- Primary orbital anchor
- Neptune
- Measured orbit field
- Orbital distance not recorded in this graph record
Original SVG diagram
Interior and field cues
- Atmosphere
- Not recorded
- Mean temperature
- Not recorded
- Gravity
- Not recorded
- Magnetic field
- Not recorded
Visual knowledge graph
Relationships, not isolated facts
This viewport is generated from the Asteria knowledge graph. Science, culture, and interpretive links remain separated by domain so visual context never changes the evidentiary meaning of a relation.
- Has featureCantaloupe Terrain
- Associated withCryovolcanism
- Child ofNeptune
Image provenance
Photography as evidence
Map of Triton
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lunar & Planetary Institute · NASA media (public domain)
Triton Video
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lunar & Planetary Institute · NASA media (public domain)
Triton Volcanic Plains #2
NASA/JPL/Universities Space Research Association/Lunar & Planetary Institute · NASA media (public domain)
Triton Volcanic Plains
NASA/JPL/Universities Space Research Association/Lunar & Planetary Institute · NASA media (public domain)
Continue the atlas
Curated next objects
Neptune
Neptune is the eighth and most distant known planet from the Sun in the Solar System.
surface featureCantaloupe Terrain
The strange, dimpled surface of Neptune's moon Triton, resembling the skin of a cantaloupe — a young, resurfaced landscape unlike anywhere else, imaged by Voyager 2.
planetary processCryovolcanism
'Ice volcanism' — the eruption not of molten rock but of water, ammonia, or methane from the interior of a cold, icy world. Enceladus jets plumes of water ice into space, and Triton has erupting geysers; the erupted material is these worlds' equivalent of lava.
space missionVoyager 2
Voyager 2 is a NASA space probe launched in 1977 and the only spacecraft to have flown past all four giant planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
moonEnceladus
Enceladus is an icy moon of Saturn that vents plumes of water ice from its south pole.
moonNereid
Nereid is a moon of Neptune with one of the most eccentric orbits of any known moon in the Solar System.
Observation
How this was captured
- Source
- NASA
- Observation date
- 2014-08-21
Gallery
Triton Volcanic Plains #2
This view of the volcanic plains of Neptune moon Triton was produced using topographic maps derived from images acquired by NASA Voyager spacecraft during its August 1989 flyby, 20 years ago this week.
2009
NASA/JPL/Universities Space Research Association/Lunar & Planetary Institute · NASA media (public domain)
Data
Scientific data & provenance
Data & provenance
- Stable ID
moon:triton- Type
- Moon
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Relationships
- 3
- Graph version
- 1.0.0
Dataset membership
Open data
In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld
Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/moon:triton
Scientific quality
Substantial4 of 6 applicable dimensions complete
- Description
- Complete
- Source coverage
- Complete
- Relationship coverage
- Complete
- Review coverage
- None
- Citation coverage
- None
- Image coverage
- Complete
- Timeline coverage
- Not applicable
Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.
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Sources & references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.