Something big just hit Jupiter

Re:Something big just hit Jupiter by cobbzilla on Monday September 20, 2021 @09:39AM (#28593659)

The Germanic Thursday is “Thor’s day”, I guess Jupiter is more like Thor than Odin/Woden.

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Re:Something big just hit Jupiter by dkersten on Monday September 20, 2021 @10:57AM (#28594482)

Even "Thor's day" is linked to Jupiter, in that Thor and thunder gods were the equivalent of the thunder god Jupiter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thursday#Thor's_day

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Re:Something big just hit Jupiter by SirFatty on Monday September 20, 2021 @10:21AM (#28594078)

Old English/Norse.

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Re:Something big just hit Jupiter by cobbzilla on Monday September 20, 2021 @10:31AM (#28594192)

to be more specific, yes. I was going with the least specific branch of the tree that was still different and widely recognizable.

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