Jupiter
Astronomy. the planet fifth in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 88,729 miles (142,796 km), a mean distance from the sun of 483.6 million miles (778.3 million km), a period of revolution of 11.86 years, and at least 14 moons. It is the largest planet in the solar system.
Military. a medium-range U.S. ballistic missile of the 1950s, powered by a single liquid-fueled rocket engine.
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NASA has already shifted one major mission from SLS — recently it announced that a commercial rocket, and not SLS, as Congress had mandated for years, would launch the Europa Clipper spacecraft that would study Jupiter’s moon.
As private companies erode government’s hold on space travel, NASA looks to open a new frontier | Christian Davenport | February 25, 2021 | Washington PostThe third one is “very fluffy,” Leleu says, with a density like Jupiter’s, but in a much smaller planet.
Two exoplanet families redefine what planetary systems can look like | Lisa Grossman | February 5, 2021 | Science NewsCalculations hint that a massive, icy planet could have tussled with Jupiter and lost.
Since the conjunction, Jupiter and Saturn slowly appear to go their separate ways, from our earthly point of view, and Mercury — the planet closest to the sun — arrives to join them soon after sunset.
Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in January | Blaine P. Friedlander Jr. | December 26, 2020 | Washington PostMeanwhile, a team of astronauts aboard the spaceship Aether is set to return to Earth after a mission to Jupiter.
Poignant The Midnight Sky wrestles with whether humankind is worth saving | Jennifer Ouellette | December 24, 2020 | Ars Technica
Lakes on Titan are full of methane, and the chemical is a major component of the giant planets Jupiter, Neptune, and so forth.
The Asteroid Belt in the Solar System has many such gaps, created by the gravity of the Sun and Jupiter.
The Most Stunning View Ever of Planets Being Born | Matthew R. Francis | November 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy contrast, the interior of big planets like Jupiter still hold some mysteries, such as whether they have rocky cores.
When Jupiter went public in 1998, Harris was worth something like $80 million.
A ‘Truman Show’ For Today: The Return of Josh Harris | Anthony Haden-Guest | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJupiter and its cousins, by contrast, are mostly made of hydrogen and hydrogen compounds.
Some say that Callisthenes was crucified by order of Alexander for not having acknowledged him to be the son of Jupiter.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)Gentle at first, gathering volume as it proceeded, and finally bursting into the fury of a Jupiter-Tonans.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyAt l. 568 of the same book begins the story of the love of Jupiter for Io.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerJupiter is mentioned in Ovid's Metamorphoses immediately after the description of the golden, silver, brazen, and iron ages.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerJupiter appears not to have passed its primary period; the Moon has perhaps no longer any inhabitants.
Urania | Camille Flammarion
British Dictionary definitions for Jupiter (1 of 2)
/ (ˈdʒuːpɪtə) /
(in Roman tradition) the king and ruler of the Olympian gods: Greek counterpart: Zeus
British Dictionary definitions for Jupiter (2 of 2)
/ (ˈdʒuːpɪtə) /
the largest of the planets and the fifth from the sun. It has 67 satellites and is surrounded by a transient planar ring system consisting of dust particles. Mean distance from sun: 778 million km; period of revolution around sun: 11.86 years; period of axial rotation: 9.83 hours; diameter and mass: 11.2 and 317.9 times that of earth respectively: See Galilean satellite
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Scientific definitions for Jupiter
[ jōō′pĭ-tər ]
The fifth planet from the Sun and the largest, with a diameter about 11 times that of Earth. Jupiter is a gas giant made up mostly of hydrogen and helium. It turns on its axis faster than any other planet in the solar system, taking less than ten hours to complete one rotation; this rapid rotation draws its atmospheric clouds into distinct belts parallel to its equator. Jupiter has more known moons by far than any other planet in the solar system-as many as 63, with new ones being discovered regularly in recent years-and it has a faint ring system that was unknown until 1979, when the Voyager space probe investigated the planet. A persistent anticyclonic storm known as the Great Red Spot is Jupiter's most prominent feature. See Table at solar system.
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Cultural definitions for Jupiter (1 of 2)
The Roman name of Zeus, the most powerful of the gods of classical mythology.
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