Voyager 2 the only human-made object to reach Neptune revealed storms raging in the planet's atmosphere. The largest one was named the "Great Dark Spot" which is a storm that's similar to Jupiter's Great Red Spot--including its geographic location on the planet. It has winds up to 1,000 miles an hour.
Astronomers could not locate this storm with the Hubble telescope after it was re-calibrated in 1994.
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- Assuming a direct flight at the fastest speed yet attained (44,000 MPH I think) it
would take 6.9 years.
That is assuming no time for acceleration or deceleration.
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