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Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Jupiter - Who is it named after?
Who is it named after?
Statue of Zeus (Jupiter) in Olympia, Greece
Jupiter is named after the chief of the Roman gods, also called Zeus in ancient Greece. It was so named because of the planet's enormous size, which dominates all the others.
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