: of, relating to, or characteristic of the god or planet Jupiter
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Europa Clipper will finally reach Jupiter on April 11, 2030 for a minimum of four years of operation in the Jovian system.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Along the way, Voyager 1 found a thin ring around Jupiter and two new Jovian moons as well as five new moons orbiting Saturn.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
The spacecraft, after performing flybys of Mars and Earth, will enter orbit around Jupiter in 2030 and perform dozens of close flybys of Europa, the Jovian moon that has a subsurface ocean that is potentially habitable.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2024
Among the nearly 100 Jovian moons that encircle the gas giant, JUICE’s primary study subject is none other than Ganymede, a lunar behemoth that hosts its own magnetic field—the only moon with that distinction—and boasts a complex core.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Along the way, Voyager 1 found a thin ring around Jupiter and two new Jovian moons as well as five new moons orbiting Saturn.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
The spacecraft, after performing flybys of Mars and Earth, will enter orbit around Jupiter in 2030 and perform dozens of close flybys of Europa, the Jovian moon that has a subsurface ocean that is potentially habitable.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2024
Among the nearly 100 Jovian moons that encircle the gas giant, JUICE’s primary study subject is none other than Ganymede, a lunar behemoth that hosts its own magnetic field—the only moon with that distinction—and boasts a complex core.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Jovian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jovian. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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