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Question 1:

Describe Neptune's springtime weather.

Answer:

Take your parka. Neptune's springtime weather brings blustery storms, temperatures of minus 400 degrees Fahrenheit at the cloud tops, and fierce winds that sometimes gust to 900 miles per hour. What is remarkable is that Neptune — the farthest and coldest of the major planets — exhibits any evidence of seasonal change. After all, the Sun is 900 times dimmer that it is on Earth.

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