Neptune

Neptune (also known as Sol VIII) was the eighth planet of the Sol system.

Location
At warp 4.5, it would take six minutes to travel from Earth to Neptune and back. 

In 1996, the position and orbital path of Neptune in the Sol system were depicted on a poster in the office where Rain Robinson worked, at the Griffith Observatory. 

In 2267, the position and orbital path of Neptune were illustrated on "Chart 14A: The Sol System". The chart was filed in the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) library computer. It was scanned by the probe Nomad in Auxiliary Control. (, production art)

History
In 2257, the USS Discovery passed through the Neptunian system on its course to. After leaving the system, the Federation starship went to warp. 

According to Arex, the cosmic cloud encountered by the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) in 2269 was twice the diameters of Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune in size. 

A painting depicting Neptune as seen from Triton hung above Geordi La Forge's bed in his quarters aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D). 

Background information
Neptune was named after the Roman god of water.

The painting of Neptune and Triton was created by Rick Sternbach and lent to the production. It was originally published by and.

According to Star Trek: Star Charts ("United Federation of Planets I"), Neptune was a charter member of the United Federation of Planets in 2161.

According to the, Neptune orbited the sun at an average distance of thirty au.

Apocrypha
In, the Mego toy company produced a reptilian action figure doll called a "Neptunian," although such a creature never appeared at any time during the Star Trek franchise. Mego may have intended to create a Skorr or Aquan action doll, but it looks nothing like the animated species.