In 2011 NASA launched the Juno probe with three LEGO Minifigures aboard to orbit the planet Jupiter. Made of space-grade aluminum, they depicted: the Roman god Jupiter, the goddess Juno, and Galileo, whose observations of Jupiter’s moons helped prove that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

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7 Important Dates in Jupiter History

When ancient astronomers named the planet Jupiter for the Roman ruler of all the gods and heavens, they had no idea of the planet’s massive dimensions. But the name proved appropriate: Jupiter is larger than all the other planets combined. Here are seven notable dates in humankind’s history of