This Encyclopedia Britannica Science and Technology list features seven important dates in the planet Jupiter’s history.

May 13, 2025 · Jupiter shines bright in the night sky, so people have known about it since ancient times. The first detailed observations of this planet were made by Galileo Galilei in 1610 with a …

Its name derives from that of Jupiter, the chief deity of ancient Roman religion. Jupiter was the first of the Sun's planets to form, and its inward migration during the primordial phase of the …

It orbits the Sun at 5.20 AU with an 11.86-year period. Its diameter is 11 times that of Earth. After the Moon and Venus, it's the third-brightest object in Earth's night sky, observed since …

Timeline of Jupiter is the simplified chronology of Jupiter, here, you will see the major events of Jupiter from 4.566 billion years ago, to today and even the future.

Sep 21, 2025 · The timeline of its exploration is a progression from blurry glimpses to the high-definition data of modern space probes, a journey that has repeatedly reshaped our …

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the …

1900 1950 Jan 7, 1610, Galileo discoverd Jupiter's 4 moons Sep 3, 1664, Discovery of Jupiter's Great Red Spot Sep 3, 1690, Evalutation of Jupiter's atmosphere Sep 3, 1938, 3 small white …

The formation of Jupiter is led by processes that largely follow the same mechanisms by which gas giant planets form according to the solar nebula model. Following the formation of the …

Aug 5, 2016 · Launched five years ago on Aug. 5, 2011, NASA’s Juno mission maneuvered into orbit around Jupiter on July 4, 2016, joining a long tradition of discovery at the gas giant. One …