Neptunian

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The Neptunian Desert is an area of space near a star where no planets that are similar in size and scope to Neptune had been previously found.

From Fox News

Researchers have found a "forbidden" planet roughly three times the size of Earth in an area known as the Neptunian Desert, a place where it should not exist.

From Fox News

It's unclear why NGTS-4b is able to exist in the Neptunian Desert, though the researchers have offered two explanations: it moved into the region within the past 1 million years or it was very big and the atmosphere is still evaporating.

From Fox News

Under guidelines set down by the International Astronomical Union, Neptunian moons must be named after sea creatures and gods from Greek mythology.

From The Guardian

Identifying a process that could resurface Neptunian Trojans would offer a potential solution to the mystery.

From Scientific American