Jovian is the adjectival form of
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, but slightly less than one-thousandth t ...
and may refer to:
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Jovian (emperor)
Jovian ( la, Iovianus; 331 – 17 February 364) was Roman emperor from June 363 to February 364. As part of the imperial bodyguard, he accompanied Emperor Julian on his campaign against the Sasanian Empire and following the latter's death, J ...
(Flavius Iovianus Augustus), Roman emperor (363–364 AD)
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Jovians and Herculians
The Jovians ( la, Ioviani) and Herculians (Latin: ''Herculiani'') were the senior palatine imperial guard units under the rule of Roman Emperor Diocletian (r. 284–305). They continued in existence thereafter as senior units in the field arm ...
, Roman imperial guard corps
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Jovian (lemur)
Jovian (April 5, 1994 – November 10, 2014) was a Coquerel's sifaka lemur, best known for portraying the title character in the children's television series '' Zoboomafoo''.
Biography
Jovian was born on April 5, 1994, at the Duke Lemur Center ...
, a Coquerel's sifaka known for ''Zoboomafoo''
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Jovian (fiction)
Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, has appeared in works of fiction across several centuries. The way the planet has been depicted has evolved as more has become known about its composition; it was initially portrayed as being entir ...
, a hypothetical or fictional native inhabitant of the planet Jupiter
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Jovian planet
The giant planets constitute a diverse type of planet much larger than Earth. They are usually primarily composed of low-boiling-point materials ( volatiles), rather than rock or other solid matter, but massive solid planets can also exist. T ...
or giant planet, any large gaseous planet
* Jovians, a non-playable race in
''Eve Online''
See also
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Iovianus Pontanus
Giovanni Pontano (1426–1503), later known as Giovanni Gioviano ( la, Ioannes Iovianus Pontanus), was a humanist and poet from Cerreto di Spoleto, in central Italy. He was the leading figure of the Accademia Pontaniana after the death of Antonio ...
(Giovanni Pontano), an Italian humanist poet
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Jovian Chronicles
''Jovian Chronicles'' is a science fiction game setting published by Dream Pod 9 since 1997. It introduces a complete universe for role-playing and wargaming space combat featuring mecha, giant spacecraft, and epic space battles.
The ''Jovian ...
'', a science-fiction game
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Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect
The Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect was a hoax phenomenon purported to cause a noticeable short-term reduction in gravity on Earth that was invented for April Fools' Day by the English astronomer Patrick Moore and broadcast on BBC Radio ...
, an April Fools' Day hoax
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Jovian system
There are 82 known moons of Jupiter, not counting a number of moonlets likely shed from the inner moons. All together, they form a satellite system which is called the Jovian system. The most massive of the moons are the four Galilean moons: ...
, the system of Jupiter's moons
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Joviânia
Joviânia is a municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 7,402 (2020 IBGE) in a total area of 454.9 km2.
Location
Joviânia is 177 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia. It is located approximately halfway ...
, a small town in Brazil
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Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, but slightly less than one-thousandth t ...
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Jupiter (mythology)
Jupiter ( la, Iūpiter or , from Proto-Italic "day, sky" + "father", thus " sky father" Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς), also known as Jove (gen. ''Iovis'' ), is the god of the sky and thunder, and king of the gods in ancient Roman religion ...
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