Fun Facts

• Triton is in a retrograde orbit, meaning its orbital motion is in the oposite direction of Neptune's rotation.
• Triton is slowing getting closer to Neptune. It is estimated that Neptune's gravity will cause Triton to break up roughly 3.6 billion years from now.
• Tritons retrograde orbit indicates that it likely did not form around Neptune, but was instead pulled from the Kuiper belt by Neptune's gravity.