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  2. Orbiting Jupiter - Wikipedia

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    Joseph's funeral is held a few days later at the church he spent Christmas at and is attended by the Hurds, Jupiter's foster mother, Joseph's teachers, and several of his and Jack's classmates. On what would have been Joseph's sixteenth birthday, Mrs. Stroud returns to the Hurd farm and drops off a now toddler-age Jupiter, who is now their ...

  3. Johannes Kepler - Wikipedia

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    In the first months of 1610, Galileo Galilei—using his powerful new telescope—discovered four satellites orbiting Jupiter. Upon publishing his account as Sidereus Nuncius [Starry Messenger], Galileo sought the opinion of Kepler, in part to bolster the credibility of his observations.

  4. The Wednesday Wars - Wikipedia

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    Lucas Swieteck, Doug's older brother, appears as Jack and Joseph's gym coach in Orbiting Jupiter, set many years later. [2] Just Like That, released in January 2021, features Meryl Lee Kowalski as its main character. The Labors of Hercules Beal is also set many years later. Holling's friend Danny Hupfer is the titular Hercules' teacher.

  5. List of missions to the outer planets - Wikipedia

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    Montage of planets and some moons that the two Voyager spacecraft have visited and studied. It is the only program that visited all four outer planets. A total of nine spacecraft have been launched on missions that involve visits to the outer planets; all nine missions involve encounters with Jupiter, with four spacecraft also visiting Saturn.

  6. Joseph Campbell - Wikipedia

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    Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American writer. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion .

  7. Monolith (Space Odyssey) - Wikipedia

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    An identical object (except in size) was found later, orbiting Jupiter (or on a moon of Saturn in the first novel, although this was changed to Jupiter in the sequel, 2010: Odyssey Two). This object was dubbed "TMA-2", a term that the book calls "doubly inappropriate": it had no magnetic field, and was millions of miles from Tycho.

  8. Exploration of Jupiter - Wikipedia

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    Artist's depiction of Pioneer 10, the first spacecraft to visit Jupiter. The exploration of Jupiter has been conducted via close observations by automated spacecraft.It began with the arrival of Pioneer 10 into the Jovian system in 1973, and, as of 2024, has continued with eight further spacecraft missions in the vicinity of Jupiter and two more en route.

  9. Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey - Wikipedia

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    The monolith appears four times in 2001: A Space Odyssey: on the African savanna, on the Moon, in space orbiting Jupiter, and near Bowman's bed before his transformation. After the first encounter with the monolith, we see the leader of the apes have a quick flashback to the monolith after which he picks up a bone and uses it to smash other bones.