Nereid, discovered in 1949 by Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper, is the third-largest moon orbiting Neptune and follows one of the most eccentric orbits of any known planetary satellite.

Neptune’s mysterious moon Nereid may be the only survivor of an ancient cosmic crash, NASA's JSWT finds

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Neptune’s mysterious moon Nereid may be the only survivor of an ancient cosmic crash, NASA's JSWT finds