The Collaborative International Dictionary
Circumjovial
Circumjovial \Cir`cum*jo"vi*al\, n. [Pref. circum- + L. Jupiter,
gen. Jovis, Jove.]
One of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter. [Obs.]
--Derham.
Wiktionary
circumjovial
a. (context obsolete English) In orbit around the planet Jupiter. n. Any of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter.
Usage examples of "circumjovial".
I am so far from disbelieving the existence of the four circumjovial planets that I long for a telescope, to anticipate you, if possible, in discovering two around Mars, as the proportion seems to require, six or eight round Saturn, and perhaps one each round Mercury and Venus.