Why do the noble gas not follow the Atomic Radius trend ?

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In period two, as you go from left to right, the atomic radius decreases because of the addition of protons, but why does Neon all of a sudden break this trend by having a bigger atom then fluorine.
 
It has 8 electrons in the outer most orbit, that increases repulsion between them hence size increases.
 
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