Neptune · natural satellite

Hippocamp

Mean diameter: Not available
Mean orbital distance: 105,300 km from centre
Orbital period: 0.951 Earth days

Orbit & discovery

Surface gravity: Not available
Discovery: 2013
Discoverer / team: M.R. Showalter, I. de Pater, J.J. Lissauer, R.S. French
Provisional designation: S/2004 N1
JPL satellite ID: 814
Orbital eccentricity: 0.001
Inclination: 0.3 degrees

Inclination reference: equatorial. Mean-element epoch: 2000-01-01.5 TDB · NEP098.

Diameters use volume-equivalent mean radii, including for irregular bodies. Mean orbital elements describe an orbit; they are not live positions. Missing physical measurements remain unavailable.

Missions in the Neptune system · 1 records

1 launches · 0 linked events

These records cover the planetary system. A system mission did not necessarily visit this moon. Dedicated targets are marked separately; programme events include the journey and briefings. Launch outcomes do not establish arrival, landing success or present spacecraft operation.

Dedicated targets only

PLANETARY SYSTEM

Voyager 2

August 20, 1977 · UTC

Lockheed Martin · Titan IIIE

1 records from the complete 9,386‑record production catalogue.

Sources & measurements