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title: Why Does Neptune’s Moon, Triton, Orbit Backwards? — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/why-does-neptunes-moon-triton-orbit-backwards/
date: 2016-03-02
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# Why Does Neptune’s Moon, Triton, Orbit Backwards?

Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, orbits the opposite direction of all other moons in our solar system, and no one is sure why. No, Triton is not a “Death Star” or an artificial object, but it may not have originated near Neptune.