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Like its neighbor, Uranus, Neptune is believed to have a rocky core (about the mass of Earth), surrounded by a huge ocean of water mixed with rocky material. Its atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and helium with a small amount of methane. Neptune is visible with binoculars (if you know exactly where to look) but a large telescope is required to see anything other than a very small dot.

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