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fulfilling "citation needed" tag: supported by extant citation 22 other sources: https://www.britannica.com/place/Neptune-planet https://www.universetoday.com/22070/surface-of-neptune/

also, while checking the citations, i noted that citations 121-123 are all the same article, as are 12 and 132 (different editions), 13 and 131, 20 and 80, 30 and 45, 118 and 128, and 119 and 126. Scrample (talk) 23:03, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. - FlightTime (open channel) 23:05, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Word meaning

“Slightly bigger” would be better than “slightly more massive” since it was just said that Neptune has 17 times the mass ….. Jackruff (talk) 17:16, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jackruff: It's trying to say that Neptune is slightly more massive than Uranus. I've rearranged the sentence so that this is clearer. Double sharp (talk) 17:21, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]