Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and is easily visible in the night sky. Jupiter's mass (1.9 × 1027kilograms [4.2 × 1027 pounds]) is nearly two and a half times the mass of the rest of the solar system's planets...
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a large swirling cloud mass of reddish-brown appearance (see figure in color plate section). Situated in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere, it straddles the south tropical zone and, to the north of this, the south...
JUPITER. The name Iuppiter is made up of two elements: the first, Iou-, stems from the Indo-European *dyeu, the root of dies, or "day"; while in the second element we find the Latin word pater, meaning "father." Iuppiter...
Because Jupiter has always been seen by the naked eye, no history of discovery exists for it. At certain periods, it is brighter than any other celestial object except the Sun and Venus. Certain facts concerning the planet, however, have been...
(‘Lord of the dance’) Old Syrian god, who had a shrine devoted to him in the neighbourhood of the modern city of Beirut. A curative well associated with him indicates that he was a god of healing. In Greek guise he appears on votive tablets...
Jupiter (pronounced /ËdÊ'uËpɨtÉ/) is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the solar system. It is two and a half times as massive as all of the other planets in our solar system combined. Jupiter, along with Saturn, Uranus and...
