03. If Neptune has ice volcanoes, how can it be a gas planet? (A K2S Question)

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The Voyager 2 probe discovered ice volcanoes on Neptune's moon Triton, but not on the planet Neptune itself. These volcanoes erupt liquid nitrogen, dust, or methane compounds from beneath the surface of Neptune's moon in plumes as tall as five miles.


Answer provided by Laura Peckyno & Robert Peckyno


Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer