Jupiter Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the List of Solar System objects by size, 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 ...

is a planet in the Solar System, named after

, the chief god in Roman mythology. Jupiter may also refer to:

Businesses

Jupiter Fund Management Jupiter Fund Management is a UK fund management group, managing equity and bond investments for private and institutional investors. The company manages assets across a wide range of international and UK based mutual funds, investment companies ...

, a British fund management company * Jupiter Airlines, based in the United Arab Emirates *

Jupiter (company) is a Japanese video game and hardware development studio that focuses on handheld consoles. It is based in Kyoto, though they have a secondary branch in Tokyo. Jupiter's motto is “Let’s Play! Let’s Smile!”. Titles Super NES *''Tamor ...

, a Japanese game and hardware development studio *

Jupiter Entertainment __NOTOC__ Jupiter Entertainment (also known as Jupiter) is an American television production company founded by Stephen Land in 1996. The company has offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Knoxville, Tennessee. In March 2015, Sky plc acquired 60 ...

, an American television production company *

Jupiter Band Instruments Jupiter Band Instruments, Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of woodwind, brass and percussion instruments. Jupiter was established by its Taiwanese parent company KHS in 1980. History KHS was first founded with the ''Wan Wu'' name in Taiwan ...

, a brand of woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments * Jupiter Hotel (Portland, Oregon), in the United States *Jupiter Discount Stores, a former brand designation of

Kmart Kmart Corporation ( , doing business as Kmart and stylized as kmart) is an American retail company that owns a chain of big box department stores. The company is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States. The company was inc ...

for old S.S. Kresge stores

Fictional characters

Sailor Jupiter , better known as , is a fictional character in the ''Sailor Moon'' manga series created by Naoko Takeuchi. Makoto is her sailor form's alternative human identity as part of the Sailor Soldiers, female supernatural fighters who protect the Solar ...

or Makoto Kino, character in ''Sailor Moon'' * Commander Jupiter, character in ''Pokémon Diamond'', ''Pearl'', and ''Platinum'' *''

Johnny Jupiter ''Johnny Jupiter'' is the name of two early American television programs featuring a combination of live action and hand puppets. The first version aired on the DuMont Television Network from March to June 1953. The second version aired on ABC fro ...

'', title character in early American television program produced by two works *Jupiter Jones: **from ''

Three Investigators The Three Investigators is an American juvenile detective book series first published as "''Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators''". It was created by Robert Arthur Jr., who believed involving a famous person such as movie director Alfr ...

'' juvenile detective book series **from 2015 science-fiction film ''

Jupiter Ascending ''Jupiter Ascending'' is a 2015 space opera film written, directed and co-produced by the Wachowskis. Starring Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis with Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne and Douglas Booth in supporting roles, the film is centered on Jupiter Jo ...

Military

* HMS ''Jupiter'', six ships of the British Royal Navy * USS ''Jupiter'', two ships of the United States Navy * French ship ''Jupiter'' (1789) * French ship ''Jupiter'' (1831) * Jupiter class minelayer, a four-ship class of Spanish mine layers which saw action in the Spanish Civil War * Operation Jupiter (disambiguation), military operations *

Bristol Jupiter Fighter The Bristol Type 76 Jupiter Fighter and Type 89 Trainer were derivatives of the British fighter of the First World War (the F.2 Fighter), powered by Bristol Jupiter radial engines. While unsuccessful as a fighter, it was used as an advanced tr ...

, an unsuccessful British biplane introduced in 1924 *

PGM-19 Jupiter The PGM-19 Jupiter was the first nuclear armed, medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) of the United States Air Force (USAF). It was a liquid-propellant rocket using RP-1 fuel and LOX oxidizer, with a single Rocketdyne LR79-NA (model S-3D) roc ...

, a U.S. Air Force medium-range ballistic missile, produced from 1956 to 1961 *

Jupiter Aerobatic Team The Jupiter Aerobatic Team is the current Indonesian Air Force aerobatic display team flying with six KAI KT-1, KT-1B Wongbee aircraft painted in red and white. The team is drawn from the Skadik (Skadron Pendidikan / Training Squadron) 102, Adisu ...

, the Indonesian Air Force aerobatic display team

Music

Instruments

Jupiter Stradivarius The ''Jupiter Stradivarius'' is a violin constructed in 1700 by luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. It is one of only 700 extant Stradivari instruments in the world today. The ''Jupiter'' was once owned and played by virtuoso violinist Giova ...

, a violin *

Jupiter, ex-Goding Stradivarius The ''Jupiter, ex-Goding Stradivarius'' is a violin constructed in 1722 by the famous luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona. It is one of only 700 extant Stradivari instruments in the world today. The ''Jupiter'' is owned by the Nippon Music Foun ...

, a violin *

Roland Jupiter (disambiguation) Roland Jupiter is a series of synthesizers produced by the Roland Corporation. List Analog synths *Roland Jupiter-4 (1978) *Roland Jupiter-8 (1981) *Roland Jupiter-6 (1982) *Roland MKS-80 Super Jupiter (1984) Digital synths *Roland JP-8000 ...

, various analog music synthesizers

Groups

Jupiter (band) Jupiter is a Japanese visual kei symphonic power metal band, formed in 2013 by four of the five members of Versailles. After several personnel changes, guitarists Hizaki and Teru remain the only original members, with drummer Daisuke and vocali ...

, a Japanese power metal band

Works

*"Jupiter" or Symphony No. 41, a symphony by Mozart *"Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity", the fourth movement in ''

The Planets ''The Planets'', Op. 32, is a seven- movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus. Each movement of the suite is name ...

'', Gustav Holst's orchestral suite

Albums

* ''Jupiter'' (Atheist album) * ''Jupiter'' (Cave In album) * ''Jupiter'' (Bump of Chicken album)

Songs

* "Jupiter" (hymn) or "I Vow to Thee, My Country", a British patriotic song and Anglican hymn * "Jupiter" (Swallow the Moon), a song by Jewel from ''Spirit'' * "Jupiter" (Earth, Wind & Fire song) * "Jupiter" (Buck-Tick song) *"Jupiter", from the album ''

Transistor upright=1.4, gate (G), body (B), source (S) and drain (D) terminals. The gate is separated from the body by an insulating layer (pink). A transistor is a semiconductor device used to Electronic amplifier, amplify or electronic switch, switch e ...

'' by 311 *"Jupiter", by

Ayaka Hirahara is a Japanese pop singer. She was affiliated with the Dreamusic label until 2013 when she moved to Universal Music Japan. Biography Hirahara comes from a musical family; her father, Makoto Hirahara, is a saxophone player, her grandfather, Tsut ...

*"Jupiter", by

Minako Honda , better known as , later changed to , was a Japanese idol and musical singer. In 1985, she made her debut with the single "Satsui no Vacane". She was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia on January 5, 2005. At 4:38 A.M. on November 6, 200 ...

from ''Ave Maria'' *"Jupiter", from the album '' Freaked Out and Small'' by The Presidents of the United States of America *"Jupiter", from the album ''

Planetarium A planetarium ( planetariums or ''planetaria'') is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. A dominant feature of most planetarium ...

'' by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister

Other

*"Jupiter", a track on the album ''

Interstellar Space Outer space, commonly shortened to space, is the expanse that exists beyond Earth and its atmosphere and between celestial bodies. Outer space is not completely empty—it is a near-perfect vacuum containing a low density of particles, predo ...

'' by John Coltrane *''Jupiter'', disc 1 of ''Stadium Arcadium'' by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

People

Jupiter Apple Flávio Basso (26 January 1968 – 21 December 2015), better known by his stage name Júpiter Maçã and by its English-language variation Jupiter Apple, was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and filmmaker. Before beginning a ...

(1968–2015), Brazilian singer * Jupiter Ghosh (born 1989), Bangladeshi cricketer *

Jupiter Hammon Jupiter Hammon (October 17, 1711 – ca. 1806) was an American writer who is known as a founder of African-American literature, as his poem published in 1761 in New York was the first by an African American in North America. He published both po ...

(1711–before 1806), poet and first African-American writer to be published in the present-day United States * Jupiter Yves Ngangue (born 1980), Cameroonian former footballer

Places

United States

* Jupiter, California, an unincorporated community *

Jupiter, Florida Jupiter is the northernmost town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. According to the 2020 Census, the town had a population of 61,047 as of April 1, 2020. It is 84 miles north of Miami, and the northernmost community in the Miami met ...

, a town *

Jupiter Island Jupiter Island is a barrier island on the coast of Martin and Palm Beach counties, Florida. It is bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the St. Lucie Inlet, on the west by the Indian River, and on the south by the Jupiter I ...

, a barrier island in Florida *

Jupiter, North Carolina Jupiter is an unincorporated community in northwestern Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, located off U.S. Highway 25/ 70, and Interstate 26 Interstate 26 (I-26) is a main route of the Interstate Highway System in the South ...

, an unincorporated community * Jupiter Township, Kittson County, Minnesota

Elsewhere

Jupiter, Romania Jupiter is a summer resort on the Romanian seacoast, on the Black Sea, north of Mangalia. Mangalia Jupiter Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the List of Solar System objects by size, largest in the Solar System. It is a g ...

, a summer resort on the Black Sea *

Jupiter Glacier Jupiter Glacier () is a glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica, long and wide at its mouth, which flows east into George VI Sound to the south of Ablation Valley. It was first photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, b ...

, Alexander Island, Antarctica * Jupiter Formation, a geologic formation in Quebec, Canada *

Jupiter River The rivière Jupiter is a watercourse flowing into Gulf of St. Lawrence, flowing in the municipality of L'Île-d'Anticosti, in the Minganie Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of North Shore, in province of Quebec, in Canad ...

, a river in Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada *

Jupiter Reef Jupiter Reef or Jupiter Breakers is a supposed reef in the South Pacific (south of French Tuamotu islands and east of New Zealand), between other supposed reefs, Maria Theresa Reef to the south and Ernest Legouve Reef to the north; it appears to ...

, a supposed, likely "phantom", reef in the South Pacific Ocean

Science and technology

Windows UI Library Windows UI Library (WinUI codenamed "Jupiter", and also known as UWP XAML and WinRT XAML) is a user interface API that is part of the Windows Runtime programming model that forms the backbone of Universal Windows Platform apps (formerly known as ...

, code name "Jupiter" supports XAML controls for Windows Runtime * Jupiter JVM, the Java virtual machine *Jupiter, the first stable version of the

elementary OS elementary OS is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu LTS. It promotes itself as a "thoughtful, capable, and ethical" replacement to macOS and Windows and has a pay-what-you-want model. The operating system, the desktop environment (called P ...

Linux distribution *

Jupiter project 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 th ...

, a DEC project for a PDP-10 replacement *

JUPITER trial The JUPITER trial (Justification for the Use of Statins in Primary Prevention: An Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin trial) was a clinical trial aimed at evaluating whether statins reduce heart attacks and strokes in people with normal chole ...

, a clinical trial investigating rosuvastatin * Jupiter (lens), a series of Soviet camera lenses *'' Polyura jupiter'', a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae *'' Syntypistis jupiter'', a species of moth of the family Notodontidae

Space and rocketry

*Rockets: **

Jupiter-C The Jupiter-C was an American research and development vehicle developed from the Jupiter-A. Jupiter-C was used for three unmanned sub-orbital spaceflights in 1956 and 1957 to test re-entry nosecones that were later to be deployed on the more a ...

, for sounding **

Jupiter-A The Redstone family of rockets consisted of a number of American ballistic missiles, sounding rockets and expendable launch vehicles operational during the 1950s and 1960s. The first member of the Redstone family was the PGM-11 Redstone missile, ...

Jupiter (rocket family) DIRECT was a late-2000s proposed alternative super heavy lift launch vehicle architecture supporting NASA's Vision for Space Exploration that would replace the space agency's planned Ares I and Ares V rockets with a family of Shuttle-Derived L ...

, a proposed family of space shuttle-derived launch vehicles *

Jupiter (spacecraft) ''Jupiter'' is a proposed space tug spacecraft concept by Lockheed Martin, which was initially conceptualized as a 2015 bid proposal to NASA for an International Space Station (ISS) cargo resupply services contract. The proposal was not accept ...

, a proposed space tug being developed by Lockheed Martin *

Mercury-Jupiter Mercury-Jupiter was a proposed suborbital launch configuration consisting of a Jupiter missile carrying a Mercury capsule. Two flights were planned in support of Project Mercury. On July 1, 1959, less than a year after the October, 1958 program st ...

, the Jupiter variant of the Project Mercury rockets

Science fiction

* ''Jupiter'' (novel), a 2000 novel by Ben Bova * ''Jupiter'' (magazine), edited by Ian Redman *

Jupiter Award (science fiction award) The Jupiters were annual awards presented to science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science a ...

for writing (presented infrequently from 1974 to 1978) *''Jupiter 2'', a spaceship in the television series ''

Lost in Space ''Lost in Space'' is an American science fiction television series, created and produced by Irwin Allen, which originally aired between 1965 and 1968 on CBS. The series was inspired by the 1812 novel ''The Swiss Family Robinson.'' The series fo ...

Transportation

*, various ships * MS ''Jupiter'', a cruiseferry * ''Jupiter'' (tugboat), preserved in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * ''Jupiter'' (locomotive), a steam-powered locomotive *

Jowett Jupiter The Jowett Jupiter is a British sports car which was produced by Jowett Cars Ltd of Idle, near Bradford. Following the launch of the all new Jowett Javelinunder the name Javelin Jupiter. (Javelin Jupiter. Spectacular Win at Le Mans. ''The Ti ...

, a sports car *

Moynet Jupiter The Moynet M 360 Jupiter was a small executive transport built in France in the 1960s. It had an unusual twin- push-pull, single-fuselage configuration. Two prototypes were produced, the second with more power and seating, but no sales resulted. ...

, unsuccessful executive airplane model, introduced 1963 *

Bristol Jupiter The Bristol Jupiter was a British nine-cylinder single-row piston radial engine built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. Originally designed late in World War I and known as the Cosmos Jupiter, a lengthy series of upgrades and developments turn ...

, a British radial aeroplane engine, developed during First World War * Júpiter (Mexico City Metrobús), a BRT station in Mexico City *

TVS Jupiter TVS Jupiter is a variomatic scooter launched in September 2013 by India's TVS Motor Company. The launch of the scooter marked the company's entry into the part of the market that mainly targets females. This Variomatic Scooter is launched as a riv ...

, a scooter manufactured by TVS Motor Company

Other uses

CE Júpiter Club Esportiu Júpiter is a Spanish football team based in Barcelona in the district of Sant Martí, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it plays in the Tercera División – Group 5, holding home games at ''Camp Municip ...

, a Spanish football club based in Barcelona *

Jupiter (ice hockey team) Jupiter was an ice hockey team in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The club replaced the dissolved Soviet hockey team Dynamo Kharkov that participated in the Soviet competitions. After the 1992–93 season Jupiter was also dissolved and later replaced with Salaman ...

, a defunct team that was based in Kharkiv, Ukraine * Jupiter (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster in Beppu, Ōita, Japan * Jupiter (apple), an apple cultivar * Jupiter grape, an interspecific seedless Muscat grape * Jupiter (given name) *

Jupiter Community High School Jupiter Community High School, also known as Jupiter High School and JHS, is a public high school in Jupiter, Florida, United States. JHS is a part of the School District of Palm Beach County and is the northernmost high school in Palm Beach Coun ...

, Jupiter, Florida *

Jupiter Christian School Jupiter Christian School is a private school, private Christian school in Jupiter, Florida. It was established in 1963 and serves approximately 896 students in pre K - 2 through 12th grade. History Jupiter Christian School opened in September 196 ...

, Jupiter, Florida *

Jupiter field 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 th ...

, a natural gas and oil field in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil *

GSP Jupiter ''GSP Jupiter'' is a semi-submersible, jackup independent leg cantilever drilling rig operated by GSP Drilling, a Grup Servicii Petroliere subsidiary, and currently laid up in the port of Limassol. Description ''GSP Jupiter'' drilling rig was de ...

, a drilling rig in the Black Sea *Jupiter, an award presented at the

L'International des Feux Loto-Québec L'International des Feux Loto-Québec, also known as the Montreal Fireworks Festival, is the largest and most prestigious fireworks competition in the world. It has been held yearly in La Ronde over the Dolphins lake, since 1985, and is named after ...

fireworks festival * Winter Storm Jupiter, a 2017 U.S. storm

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