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Look up: Jupiter

  1. Jupiter
    god of the sky, daylight and weather; king of the gods, husband and brother of Juno (Aeneid); associated with Zeus by Romans.
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  2. Jupiter
    Fifth planet from the sun, a gas giant or Jovian planet.
    Found on http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsfgloss

  3. Jupiter
    Jupiter was the Roman name for the Greek god Zeus.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. Jupiter
    Jupiter is a town in Palm Benito County Florida, USA Jupiter is a township in Kittson County Minnesota, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  5. Jupiter
    [n] - (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans 2. [n] - the largest planet and the 5th from the sun
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. Jupiter
    SOLAR SYSTEM - PLANETARY ORBITAL DATA
    Average dist.from Sun (AU) - 5.203
    Min. distance from Sun (AU) - 4.952
    Max. distance from Sun (AU) - 5.455
    Eccentricity of orbit - 0.048
    Inclination to ecliptic(°) - 1.31
    SOLAR SYSTEM - PLANETARY PERIODS AND MOTIONS
    Sidereal period (days or years) - 11.863 y
    Mean orbital velocity(km/sec.) - 13.07
    Sidereal period of axial rotation - 9.842 h
    Inclination of equator to ecliptic(°) - 3.13
    SOLAR SYSTEM - PLANETARY PHYSICAL DATA
    Equatorial dia.(km) - 142 984
    Polar dia.(km) - 133 708
    Mass (Earth=1) - 317.83
    Volume (Earth=1) - 1321.0
    Oblateness (Earth=1) - 0.065
    Surface gravity (Water=1) - 2.364
    Density - 1.33
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  7. Jupiter
    Operational code name for British plan to invade Norway
    Found on http://www.secondworldwar.co.uk/glossj.h

  8. Jupiter
    Planet Jupiter has the fifth most distant orbit from our star the Sun. It is the largest planet of our solar system, with a diameter which is 11 times that of the Earth. A so-called 'gas giant', most of the planet is made of swirling clouds of toxic gas, with wind speeds up to 450 mph. (For comparison, typical wild winter storms in Shetland which reach well over 100mph, would be very tame)
    Found on http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/computing/

  9. Jupiter
    The largest planet in our solar system.Click on an item to paste into clipboard or use clipboard symbol at end to clipboard all values Equatorial diameter 142984000 mClip Average Density 1330 kgm-3Clip Axial tilt 3.1 degreesClip Rotational period 9.92 hoursClip Average surface temperature -120 °CClip Maximum apparent magnitude -2.8 Clip ...
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  10. Jupiter
    In Roman mythology, the supreme god reigning on Mount Olympus, identified with the Greek Zeus; son of Saturn and Ops; and husband of Juno, his sister. His titles included Fulgur (thrower of...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  11. Jupiter
    Thomson-CSF long range surveillance radar [FR]
    Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html

  12. jupiter
    To kill an IRC robot or user and then take its place by adopting its nick so that it cannot reconnect. Named after a particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in charge of preventing people from inadvertently using a nick claimed by another user. [Jargon File] (1994-11-23)
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  13. Jupiter
    Ju'pi·ter noun [ Latin , from Jovis pater . See Jove .] 1. (Rom. Myth.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus. 2. (Astron.) One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about th ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/17

  14. jupiter
    1. The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus. ... 2. <astronomy> One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.20 ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  15. Jupiter
    `Jupiter` 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 Neptune, is classified as a gas giant. Together, these four planets are sometimes referred to as the `Jovian planets`, where `Jovian` is the adjectival form of Jupiter. The planet was known by astronomers of ancient times a...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter

  16. Jupiter
    • (n.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus. • (n.) One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean diameter being about 85,000 miles. It revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2028 ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. Jupiter
    (from the article `international relations`) ...missiles in exchange for a U.S. pledge never to invade Cuba. The next day a harsher message arrived with a new demand that the United States ... ...SS-6 Sapwood) as well as the first man-made satellite, Sputnik. This prompted the `missile gap` debate in the United States and resu...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/j/30

  18. Jupiter
    (from the article `Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus`) During the time of this depression Mozart was working on a series of three symphonies, in E-flat Major (K 543), G Minor (K 550), and C Major (the ... ...harmony at the beginning of the recapitulation section. A good example occurs in the first movement of Mozart`s Symphony No. 41 in C Major ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/j/30

  19. Jupiter
    the chief ancient Roman and Italian god. Like Zeus, the Greek god with whom he is etymologically identical (root diu, `bright`), Jupiter was a sky ... [6 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/j/30

  20. Jupiter
    the most massive planet of the solar system and the fifth in distance from the Sun. It is one of the brightest objects in the night sky; only the ... [32 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/j/30

  21. Jupiter
    Jupiter is a Roman boy name. The meaning of the name is `Zeus, Father` Where is it used? The name Jupiter is mainly used In Roman Mythology. The name Jupiter doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Jupiter seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Jupi

  22. Jupiter
    a unit of mass, now being used in astronomy to express the masses of new planets being discovered in orbit around various stars. It's equal to the mass of the planet Jupiter, estimated to be about 1.899 x 1024 metric tons, or, if you please, 1.899 yottatonnes (Yt). By coincidence, this is approximately 0.001 Sun (0.000 955 Su...
    Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictJ.

  23. Jupiter
    (rocket) An intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) designed by the United States Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) as a successor to the Redstone. Its development led to America’s first successful space launch vehicle. In late 1955, ABMA was directed to work with the N...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  24. Jupiter
    Jupiter taken by the Cassini spacecraft from 16 million km on Dec. 29, 2000 Contents • Atmosphere • Rotation • Interior • Magnetic field • Other facts • Statistics The largest planet in the Solar System and the fifth in order from the Sun. Jupiter is a ga...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  25. Jupiter
    Jupiter, in Roman religion and mythology, the supreme god, also called Jove. Originally a sky deity associated with rain and agriculture, he developed into the great father god, prime protector of the state, concerned, like the Greek Zeus (with whom he is identified), with all aspects of life. At hi...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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9 November 2009

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On 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall was finally breached by jubilant Berliners , unifying a city that had been divided for over 30 years. The 28-mile (45 km) barrier dividing Germany's capital was built in 1961 to prevent East Berliners fleeing to the West, but as Communism in the Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe began to crumble, pressure mounted on the East German authorities to open the Berlin border. At midnight on 9th November East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for gates along the Wall to be opened after hundreds of people converged on crossing points. They surged through cheering and shouting and were be met by jubilant West Berliners on the other side. read more

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