Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Jupiter is a given name of Latin origin which is given in reference either to the Roman god Jupiter or to the planet named after the mythological deity. [ 1 ] The name is traditionally masculine but has also been used for girls in recent years.
In both the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, Jupiter was named after the chief god of the divine pantheon: Zeus to the Greeks and Jupiter to the Romans. [19] The International Astronomical Union formally adopted the name Jupiter for the planet in 1976 and has since named its newly discovered satellites for the god's lovers, favourites, and descendants. [20]
Jupiter Parthinus or Partinus, under this name was worshiped on the borders of northeast Dalmatia and Upper Moesia, perhaps associated with the local tribe known as the Partheni. Jupiter Poeninus , under this name worshipped in the Alps, around the Great St Bernard Pass , where he had a sanctuary.
In many languages, the names given to the seven days of the week are derived from the names of the classical planets in Hellenistic astronomy, which were in turn named after contemporary deities, a system introduced by the Sumerians and later adopted by the Babylonians from whom the Roman Empire adopted the system during late antiquity. [1]
In the MUL.APIN, Nibiru is identified as Jupiter: When the stars of Enlil have been finished, one big star – although its light is dim – divides the sky in half and stands there: that is, the star of Marduk (MUL d AMAR.UD), Nibiru (né-bé-ru), Jupiter (MUL SAG.ME.GAR); it keeps changing its position and crosses the sky.
The names need to meet certain constraints in order to be approved by the International Astronomical Union, which oversees all names for objects in space and features on their surfaces.Jupiter's ...
In particular, Cronus's role in the genealogy of the Greek gods was transferred to Saturn. As early as Andronicus (3rd century BC), Jupiter was called the son of Saturn. [5] Saturn had two mistresses who represented different aspects of the god. The name of his wife, Ops, the Roman equivalent of Greek Rhea, means "wealth, abundance, resources."
Get the latest news, politics, sports, and weather updates on AOL.com.