NASA’s Solar System Exploration website notes these names, rooted in Latin, persisted due to historical inertia despite varied ancient names.

Once upon a time, back in the golden age of gods and humans, the great god Jupiter caught sight of a ... of the two celestial bears comes from the Roman poet Ovid, based on myths of the ancient ...

Roman museums ... power and the Temple of Jupiter a stunning sight. Beneath the temple’s gold-plated roof, an immense gold-and-ivory statue of the king of the Roman gods presided over artworks ...

Originally built around 2,000 years ago as a temple dedicated to all Roman gods (hence the Greek name pantheon ... are likely to be taking selfies rather than offering sacrifices to Jupiter. The ...

But if something that small counts as a moon, where do we draw the line ... named after figures from Greco-Roman mythology. But with planets like Saturn and Jupiter having so many moons, the ...

Originally, all moons in the Solar System were given names from Greco-Roman mythology. But the large number of moons, particularly of Saturn and Jupiter ... exactly where to draw the line isn ...

In terms of nomenclature, Jupiter is the Roman equivalent of god daddy Zeus ... These individuals tend to draw wealth to them, especially when generous and charitable. Give to get, if you will.

The moons are named after close, personal “friends” of the Roman god Jupiter. Io, Europa ... The book includes simple drawings of the moons’ positions during January 1610. In the book’s introduction, ...

Livraria Lello has been called the world’s most beautiful bookstore, and its Neo-Gothic exterior façade and interior winding wooden staircase draw more ... to the Roman god Jupiter, but the ...

Four of its drawings are abstract, one appears to be a stick-figure ... three LEGO figurines representing the Roman god Jupiter (whose Greek equivalent is Zeus), his wife Juno, and Italian astronomer ...