Astronomic Oddball, Triton

“Dad, you’re embarassing me!”

Triton stands out amongst most moons. Usually a moon is made of the leftovers from when the solar system was being formed, ideally becoming large enough to force itself into a spherical shape. More ambitious moons are made directly from planet material cast off in an accident. Triton sticks out; it is theorized to have been thrown out of its original orbit in the kuiper belt. The high inclination it cycles Neptune’s equator is largely unique to it, and it orbits in the opposite direction Neptune spins. As a side effect to its origins, Triton was once far more geologically active than most moons of its size. This can be attributed to the once elliptical orbit Triton had, which affected the tidal forces on it, and the faster rotation it surely used to have.