Neptune Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and the farthest known planet in the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet in the Solar System by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet. It is 17 times ...

is a planet in the Solar System. Neptune may also refer to: *

Neptune (mythology) Neptune ( la, Neptūnus ) is the god of freshwater and the sea in Roman religion. He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon.''Larousse Desk Reference Encyclopedia'', The Book People, Haydock, 1995, p. 215. In the Greek tradition, he is ...

, a god in Ancient Roman mythology

Companies

* Neptune Computer Inc., a Canadian consumer electronics company *

Neptune Distribution Neptune Distribution was a UK based comic distribution company founded and headquartered in Leicester, which existed from 1985 to 1991. Neptune Comics (as it was named at the outset), began as a small B2C mail order company selling American comi ...

, a UK comic distribution company * Neptune Technology Group, a US water-metering equipment manufacturer owned by Roper Technologies *

Neptune Aviation Neptune Aviation Services Inc. is an aerial firefighting company based out of Missoula International Airport in Missoula, Montana. It provides aerial support and firefighting to the United States, Canada, Chile and throughout the world. Founded in ...

, an aerial firefighting company

Computing

* Neptune chipset, a code name for the Intel Pentium 430NX chip set *

Amazon Neptune Amazon Neptune is a managed graph database product published by Amazon.com. It is used as a web service and is part of Amazon Web Services (AWS). It was announced on November 29, 2017. Amazon Neptune supports popular graph models property graph ...

, a graph database product *

Sega Neptune The 32X is an add-on for the Sega Genesis video game console. Codenamed "Project Mars", it was designed to expand the power of the Genesis and serve as a transitional console into the 32-bit era until the release of the Sega Saturn. The 32X ...

, a planned Sega console that was never produced *

Sun Neptune Neptune, also known as Sun Multithreaded 10 GbE, is a dual 10 Gbit/s, multithreaded, PCIe x8-based network interface controller for 10 Gigabit Ethernet. It was developed and originally produced by Sun Microsystems, and later licensed to Marvell Te ...

, a Sun network interface card * Windows Neptune, an unreleased version of Microsoft Windows

Film and television

Neptune, California ''Veronica Mars'' is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during UPN's last two years, and ended its original run on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Ne ...

, a fictional location in ''Veronica Mars'' * ''Neptune'', a fictional submarine in '' For Your Eyes Only'' * USS ''Neptune'', a fictional submarine in ''

Gray Lady Down ''Gray Lady Down'' is a 1978 American submarine disaster film directed by David Greene and starring Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox and Rosemary Forsyth, and includes the feature film debut of Christopher Re ...

'' * Neptune, a character in the ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' series * Neptune Vasilias, a character in ''

RWBY ''RWBY'' (pronounced "Ruby") is an American Anime-influenced animation, anime-influenced Computer animation, computer-animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people tr ...

'', an amine-influenced web series

Literature

* Neptune (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character * Sailor Neptune or Michiru Kaioh, a character in the ''Sailor Moon'' franchise * ''Neptune'', a comic book in the ''

Worlds of Aldebaran The ''Worlds of Aldebaran'' (french: Les Mondes d'Aldébaran) is a French science-fiction comic series written and illustrated by Léo and published by Dargaud in French and Cinebook in English. The ''Aldebaran'' saga is divided into 5 cycles: '' ...

'' comic book series

Music

Bands

* Neptune (Italian band), a band from Verona, Italy *

Neptune (American band) Neptune is a noise music band from Boston, noted for having built their custom-made guitars and basses out of scrap metal. The band also plays custom-made percussion instruments and electric lamellophones. Band history Neptune's origins trace ...

, a band from Boston *

The Neptunes The Neptunes are an American songwriting and production duo composed of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, formed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 1992. Williams often provides additional vocals on records and appears in the duo's music videos, ...

, a group of hip-hop producers * Neptune Records, a record label

Albums

* ''Neptune'' (The Duke Spirit album) * ''Neptune'' (Northern Pikes album) * ''Neptune'' (Toshinobu Kubota album)

Songs

* "Neptune", a song by Azealia Banks and Shystie from Fantasea * "Neptune", a 2003 song by InMe from ''

Overgrown Eden ''Overgrown Eden'' is the debut album from Essex rock band InMe. The album was released in the UK on 27 January 2003. The album produced four singles before and after the album's release. The singles released were "Underdose", "Firefly", "Crus ...

'' * "Neptune", a song by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister from ''

Planetarium A planetarium ( planetariums or ''planetaria'') is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. A dominant feature of most planetarium ...

'' * "Neptune", a song by English rock band Foals from ''

Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2 ''Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2'' is the sixth studio album by British rock band Foals. It was released on 18 October 2019 through Warner and Transgressive Records. The album is considered the second half of a two-part project, ...

Classical

* "Neptune, the Mystic", a movement in Gustav Holst's ''

The Planets ''The Planets'', Op. 32, is a seven- movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus. Each movement of the suite is name ...

'' suite * ''Neptune - Poem of the Sea'', an orchestral work by

Cyril Scott Cyril Meir Scott (27 September 1879 – 31 December 1970) was an English composer, writer, poet, and occultist. He created around four hundred musical compositions including piano, violin, cello concertos, symphonies, and operas. He also wrot ...

Places

Northern Hemisphere

* Neptune Beach, Florida, a beachfront city * Neptune Township, New Jersey * Neptune City, New Jersey, a borough *

Neptune, Ohio Neptune is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio, Mercer County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. History Neptune was laid out in 1837. A post office was established at Neptune in 1839, and remained in operation until 1905. Notable person ...

, an unincorporated township *

Neptune, West Virginia Neptune is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers ...

Neptune, Wisconsin Ithaca is a town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 648 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Aubrey, Bear Valley, Ithaca, Keyesville, and Neptune are located in the town. Geography According t ...

Southern Hemisphere

* Neptune Range, a mountain range in Antarctica *

Neptune Islands The Neptune Islands consist of two groups of islands located close to the entrance to Spencer Gulf in South Australia. They are well known as a venue for great white shark tourism. Description The Neptune Islands consists of two groups of isl ...

, an island group in South Australia

Theatres

Epstein Theatre The Epstein Theatre, built in 1913, is one of many theatres in Liverpool, England. It has been threatened with closure several times, but reopened in May 2011 after a £1.2m refurbishment. It has now been renamed the Epstein Theatre, in honour ...

, formerly Neptune Theatre, a theatre in the Liverpool, England, UK *

Neptune Theatre (Halifax) The Neptune Theatre is the largest professional theatre company in Atlantic Canada with a capacity of 458 and is located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It performs a mixture of new and classical plays. It is named after the play Théâ ...

, a theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada *

Neptune Theatre (Seattle) The Neptune Theatre, formerly known as U-Neptune Theatre, is a performing arts venue in the University District, Seattle, University District neighborhood of Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, United States. Opened in 1921, the 1,000 capaci ...

, a performing arts venue in Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Vehicles

Aircraft

Beriev Be-2500 The Beriev Be-2500 Neptun (Russian: Бериев Бе-2500 Нептун) is a super heavy amphibious transport aircraft that, as of 2007, was in design and development by Russian design firm Beriev. The maximum takeoff weight is estimated at 25 ...

or Neptune, a super-heavy amphibian cargo aircraft *

DRS RQ-15 Neptune The DRS RQ-15 Neptune is a reconnaissance UAV An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS ...

, an unmanned reconnaissance aerial vehicle * Lockheed P-2 Neptune, a naval patrol bomber and anti-submarine warfare aircraft

Ships

* ''Neptune'' (1780 ship), a convict ship in Second Fleet, to New South Wales * ''Neptune'' (galleon), a 1986 ship replica built for Roman Polanski's film ''Pirates'' * CS ''Neptune'', a 1862 Confederate Army tugboat * French ship ''Neptune'' (1778), a 74-gun ship of the line * French ship ''Neptune'' (1803), a Tonnant-class ship of the line * French ship ''Neptune'' (1807), a brig launched in Venice * French ship ''Neptune'' (1839), an 80-gun ship of the line * French battleship ''Neptune'', a Marceau-class ironclad built in 1892 * HMS ''Neptune'' (1683), a 90-gun second rate * HMS ''Neptune'' (1757), a 90-gun second rate * HMS ''Neptune'' (1797), a 98-gun second rate * HMS ''Neptune'' (1832), a 120-gun first rate * HMS ''Neptune'' (1878), an ironclad battleship acquired by the Royal Navy in 1878 * HMS ''Neptune'' (1909), an early dreadnought launched * HMS ''Neptune'' (20), a Leander-class light cruiser * ''Neptune''-class cruiser, a proposed class of cruisers planned for the British Royal Navy * HMNB Clyde or HMS ''Neptune'', an operating base in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy * USS ''Neptune'' (ARC-2), a ''Neptune''-class cable repair ship acquired by the US Navy in 1953 * USS ''Clyde'' (1863), a 294-ton side-wheel steam gunboat briefly named ''Neptune'' * USS ''Neptune'' (1863), a 1244-ton screw steamship * USS ''Neptune'' (1869) or USS ''Manhattan'', a monitor * USS ''Neptune'' (AC-8), a collier in World War I

Video games

*'' Hyperdimension Neptunia'' or ''Neptune'', a role-playing video game series ** ''Hyperdimension Neptunia'' (video game) or ''Neptune'' ** Neptune, a character in ''Hyperdimension Neptunia'' * Neptune, a shark-like enemy in '' Resident Evil'' * AFO ''Neptune'', a task force in ''

Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. ...

'' *Neptune Escape Rocket, a key component in

Subnautica ''Subnautica'' is an open-world action-adventure game developed and published by Unknown Worlds Entertainment. The game has the player as a non-essential systems maintenance chief who is the only survivor of a spaceship crash on the alien planet ...

Other uses

NEPTUNE Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and the farthest known planet in the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet in the Solar System by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet. It is 17 times ...

, an underwater observatory * ''Neptune'' (Alexander McQueen collection), a fashion collection for Spring/Summer 2006 *

R-360 Neptune R-360 Neptune ( uk, Р-360 «Нептун», translit=R-360 "Neptun") is a Ukrainian anti-ship cruise missile developed by the Luch Design Bureau. Neptune's design is based on the Soviet Kh-35 anti-ship missile, with substantially improved ran ...

, a Ukrainian cruise anti-ship missile *

Neptune (owarai) is a three-man Japanese conte group consisting of two boke, , and - usually referred to as , and one tsukkomi, . Their trio name comes from the Kinnikuman character, Neptuneman. The group debuted with Ohta Production back in 1994 but is cu ...

, a Japanese comedy group * Neptune Cable, a submarine HVDC cable in the New York area * Neptune Cork, an Irish basketball team *

Neptune Terrace Neptune Terrace () is a Home Ownership Scheme and Private Sector Participation Scheme court in Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong near Greenwood Terrace and Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital. It was jointly developed by the Hong Kong Ho ...

, a public housing estate in Chai Wan, Hong Kong * WEKhilpurnil or Neptune, a hybrid Tea rose

People with the surname

* Francis Joseph Neptune (1735–1834), Passamaquoddy chief *

Geo Soctomah Neptune Geo Soctomah Neptune is a Passamaquoddy Two-Spirit, master basket maker, activist, storyteller, model, and educator from Indian Township, Maine. Neptune uses they/them pronouns. Basketry After graduating from Gould Academy and earning a theat ...

(born 1988), Passamaquoddy basket maker *

Old John Neptune Old John Neptune (Penobscot, (July 22, 1767 – May 8, 1865) was elected Lieutenant-Governor at Indian Island, Old Town, Maine, in 1816, a life-time position. Born into the Eel clan, John had a powerful father, John (Orsong) Neptune, who had been ...

(1767–1865), Penobscot leader *

Yvon Neptune Yvon Neptune (born 8 November 1946 in Cavaillon, Haiti) is a Haitian politician and architect who served as the Prime Minister of Haïti from 2002 to 2004. He was appointed by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and took office on 15 March 2002. H ...

(born 1946), prime minister of Haiti 2002–2004 *

Molly Neptune Parker Molly Neptune Parker (February 6, 1939June 12, 2020) was an American basket weaver. She became well known for her artistry, with her works selling for thousands of dollars. As a co-founder and president of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance, ...

(1939–2020), Passamaquoddy basket maker