How many Earth years does Neptune take to orbit the Sun once?

Neptune is the outermost planet, about thirty times further from the Sun than we are. How long is a single Neptunian year?

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About 165 years. Neptune was discovered in 1846 and did not complete its first full orbit since then until 2011.

— Wikipedia contributors, Neptune

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