The Galilean moons are by far the largest and most massive objects in orbit Jupiter, with the remaining 63 moons and its rings together comprising just 0.003% of the total orbiting mass. From the end of the 19th century, dozens of much smaller Jovian moons have been discovered and have received the names of lovers, conquests, or daughters of the Roman god Jupiter or his Greek equivalent Zeus. The most massive of the moons are the four Galilean moons, independently discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and Simon Marius and were the first objects found to orbit a body that was neither Earth nor the Sun. This gives Jupiter the largest number of moons with reasonably stable orbits of any planet in the Solar System. The orbit and motion of the Galilean moons around Jupiter, as captured by JunoCam aboard the Juno spacecraft. A substantial book review section in every issue provides a critical overview of new publications by both emerging and established scholars.A montage of Jupiter and its four largest moons (distance and sizes not to scale) From an original emphasis on Old Testament studies in the nineteenth century, JNES has since broadened its scope to encompass all aspects of the vibrant and varied civilizations of the Near East, from the ancient times to pre-modern Near East. In 1895 it became the American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, and in 1942 it received its present designation, the Journal of Near Eastern Studies. Founded in 1884 as Hebraica, the journal was renamed twice over the course of the following century, each name change reflecting the growth and expansion of the fields covered by the publication. Read the latest issue.Devoted to an examination of the civilizations of the Near East, the Journal of Near Eastern Studies has for 125 years published contributions from scholars of international reputation on the archaeology, art, history, languages, literatures, and religions of the Near East.
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