Just as Jupiter was the chief Roman god, Jupiter is our solar system’s largest planet — by far. It contains twice as much matter as all the other planets combined.

She is the goddess of the full moon, making her the ideal choice for naming a lunar body. S/2018 J1 is now Ersa , appropriately enough the sister of Pandia and the goddess of dew.

Why is the probe called JUNO? Roman myth says Jupiter, the boss of the gods, would hide behind clouds when he was doing stuff he didn’t want his wife, the goddess Juno, to see.

5 of Jupiter’s newly discovered moons received names in a public contest The monikers come from Greek and Roman mythology, keeping with tradition Jupiter, shown in an image from NASA’s Juno ...

A contest earlier this year helped determine the names of the new moons—all named after lovers or offspring of the god Jupiter, aka Zeus. Jason Daley - Correspondent. August 27, 2019.

(Jupiter is the Roman name for the Greek god Zeus.) Pandia (formerly S/2017 J4) is named for the daughter of Zeus and the moon goddess Selene. Many people submitted entries suggesting this name, ...

The ancient Romans named this planet Venus, after the goddess of love and beauty, because it shined so brightly and beautifully in the sky. What the ancient Romans couldn’t have known was that ...

The International Astronomical Union has approved new names for five recently discovered moons around Jupiter. When it comes to moons, Jupiter is an embarrassment of riches. Our solar system’s ...

Following those rules, five of Jupiter’s moons have now been named after descendants of Zeus. Two of them are daughters of the moon goddess Selene, called Pandia and Ersa.