jupiter
Noun
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The largest planet and the 5th from the sun;
Has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky (synset 109345360)is an instance of:- gas giant, jovian planet - any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter)
- outer planet - (astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)
- superior planet - any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit
belongs to: solar system - the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field -
(Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans;
Counterpart of Greek Zeus (synset 109597144)referred to in: roman mythology - the mythology of the ancient Romansis an instance of: roman deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Romansspecific instances:- jupiter fulgur, jupiter fulminator, lightning hurler - an epithet for Jupiter
- jupiter tonans, thunderer - an epithet for Jupiter
- jupiter pluvius, rain-giver - an epithet for Jupiter
- best and greatest, jupiter optimus maximus - an epithet for Jupiter
- jupiter fidius, protector of boundaries - an epithet for Jupiter
same as: jove
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