: of, relating to, or characteristic of the god or planet Jupiter
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While multiple spacecraft have visited the Jovian moon since the 1960s, those previous two flybys were the closest any had gotten to Io's surface since the Galileo probe made numerous close flybys in the 1990s and 2000s.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
The team behind these findings used data collected by Juno, which made flybys of Io in Dec. 2023 and Feb. 2024 and came to within about 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of the Jovian moon's surface.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Once deployed, the array will harvest sunlight powering the Europa Clipper's voyage to the Jovian system, which it is set to enter in 2030.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
That's thought to be the case with the Jovian moon Io.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
The team behind these findings used data collected by Juno, which made flybys of Io in Dec. 2023 and Feb. 2024 and came to within about 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of the Jovian moon's surface.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Once deployed, the array will harvest sunlight powering the Europa Clipper's voyage to the Jovian system, which it is set to enter in 2030.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
That's thought to be the case with the Jovian moon Io.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Jovian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jovian. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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