Moons of Saturn — Artist s concepts of the Saturnian ring–moon system Saturn, its rings and major icy moons from Mimas to Rhea … Wikipedia
Eight Worlds — refers to a series of novels and short stories by John Varley, in which the solar system has been colonized by human refugees fleeing an alien invasion of the earth. Earth and Jupiter are off limits to humanity, but Earth s moon and the other… … Wikipedia
Moons of Jupiter — Jupiter and its four largest moons (montage) Jupiter has 64 confirmed moons,[1][2] giving it the largest retinue of moons with reasonably secure orbits of any planet in t … Wikipedia
Chosen Eight — The Chosen Eight are members of a fictional tribe of elves on the World of Two Moons in the comic book Elfquest, created by Wendy and Richard Pini. The Chosen Eight, as their name implies, are the hunters specially selected to provide sustenance… … Wikipedia
Galilean moons — Montage of Jupiter s four Galilean moons, in a composite image comparing their sizes and the size of Jupiter. From top to bottom: Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei in… … Wikipedia
Jupiter's moons in fiction — Jupiter s extensive system of natural satellites ndash; in particular the four large Galilean moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto) ndash; has been a common science fiction setting. Satellite system Some references in fiction focus on more… … Wikipedia
List of Firefly planets and moons — Serenity over Whitefall This is a list of fictional planets and moons from the Firefly / Serenity fiction. Characters in the story refer colloquially to these planets as worlds . During the short television run of the Firefly series, it was not… … Wikipedia
Circle of Eight — The Circle of Eight (formed from the earlier Citadel of Eight) is a fictional group of wizards in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons Dragons roleplaying game. The Circle was originally created by Gary Gygax around 1975 as an… … Wikipedia
Jupiter — /jooh pi teuhr/, n. 1. Also called Jove. the supreme deity of the ancient Romans: the god of the heavens and of weather. Cf. Zeus. 2. Astron. the planet fifth in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 88,729 mi. (142,796 km), a mean … Universalium
Magic Kingdom of Landover — The Magic Kingdom of Landover series is a series of six fantasy novels by Terry Brooks following the adventures of a former trial lawyer named Ben Holiday, and the collection of friends and enemies the he encounters when he purchases a magical… … Wikipedia
