If We Were to Observe Neptune a Quarter of a Billion

question 71

Multiple Choice

If we were to observe Neptune a quarter of a billion years in the future,what significant change would we see?

• A) The planet would have shrunk considerably as gravity continues to compress it.
• B) Triton would be gone and the ring system would be considerably enhanced.
• C) Triton's retrograde orbit would have become prograde.
• D) The rings will have disappeared.

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