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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.

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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.