Incredible Neptune surface facts - Orbital Today (orbitaltoday.com)

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This was a really well written article describing what we know about Neptune.

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[-] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

If the pressure is high enough, you can get a smooth transition between gas and liquid without any sort of boundary that you could identify as a surface. That's thought to be what happens on Jupiter, don't know about Neptune

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