2022 November 18, Ian Sample, “Earth weighs in at six ronnagrams as new prefixes picked for big and small”, inThe Guardian[1]:
The arrival of the new prefixes means the Earth can now be said to weigh six ronnagrams, andJupiter about two quettagrams.
2025,Neil deGrasse Tyson, “Planets, Moons, and Cosmic Debris”, inJust Visiting This Planet, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century (Science / Astronomy),Blackstone Publishing,→ISBN,→OCLC, pages34, 35:
Ancient peoples, without telescopes, would have no knowledge thatJupiter is the largest and most majestic planet—it would only be a point of light in the sky. How then did this planet come to be named for the mythological ruler of the gods?[…] The fact that the planetJupiter, named for the ruling Roman god, is the most massive planet is simply a coincidence.
(Romanmythology) The King of the Gods, also calledJove. Equivalent to the GreekZeus, Jupiter was one of the children ofSaturn. As supreme god of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter was the god of thunder, lightning, and storms, and appropriately called the god of light and sky.
(informal) The largest or most prominent member of a group.
Brazil could be considered theJupiter of South America.
Jupiter became the nickname of John Pierpont Morgan in late 19th century finance.
(heraldry,rare)Azure(blue), in thepostmedieval practice ofblazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.
1693, Richard Blome,The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... second edition ..., pages76-77:
5.Jupiter, aMace ofMajestry inBend Sol.
1718, Samuel Kent,The Grammar of Heraldry[...] Second Edition:
George [...] 2d.Jupiter, three Fleurs de Lis Sol, for the Arms ofFrance. 3d.Jupiter, an Irish Harp Sol, stringed Luna, forIreland.
1735, Francis Nichols,The Irish Compendium[...] vol. III of the British Compendium, second edition, page80:
8. Tierce in Mantle, first Mars, two Lions passant-guardant in pale, Sol, for Brunswick; 2d Sol, Semi of Hearts proper, a Lion rampant Jupiter, for Lunenburgh; 3d, ente en Point, Mars, an Horse currant Luna, for Saxony. Note, these Ensigns (which are the paternal Coat of his Majesty King George) I have added as an Example, to shew the Form of what foreign Heralds term Tierce in Mantle, ente en Pointe, &c.[…]
1737, Benjamin Martin,Bibliotheca Technologica: Or, a Philological Library, page631:
ARMS. QUARTERLY, in the first grand QuarterMars, three Lions passant-guardant in Pale,Sol; theImperial Ensigns ofEngland, impaled with theRoyal Arms ofScotland, which areSol, a Lion rampant within a double Tressure flower'd and counterflower'd with Fleurs-de-lis,Mars. The second Quarter is theRoyal Arms ofFrance, viz.Jupiter, three Fleurs-de-lis,Sol. The third, theEnsign ofIreland, which is,Jupiter, an HarpSol, stringedLuna.
Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008),Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
“Jupiter”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk,2003–2026
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