As I have commented before, Man's limited space knowledge surprises are routine. Specially with their fictional evolution of solar system. They count outer planets as gas giant. This confirm their ignorance of planetary evolution. They have ground and they are geologically active. The variation in their atmosphere is due to this. The most active in solar system is Jupiter which is on it's evolutionary course to become a proto sun. Making Earth a double solar system. Full detail in my 1975 Bremen summerhouse notes. MG1

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We need an orbiter around Neptune comparable to the Cassini probe at Saturn. It will take a large and expensive launch vehicle, or a really long coast phase, but the benefit to science would be well worth it.

How these intense storms form so far from the radiant energy of the Sun is a huge problem for planetary/atmospheric scientists. There is no conceivable explanation without considering the electrical connection all of the planetary bodies share with the Sun.

@cantthink, methane melts at about -200C. Water melts at 0C.

Must be your math allergy again.

Could Neptune simply have been hit by a very large asteroid ? And what we are observing is the effect of an impact ? Do we have any observations or data prior to the discovery date ???

@cantthink, methane melts at about -200C. Water melts at 0C.

Must be your math allergy again.

Mkay... And that explains these planet sized storms that are visble across the Solar System in what way?