a. (sb.) Astr. [f. CIRCUM 2 + Jov-em Jupiter: cf. jovial.] Revolving round Jupiter. † b. sb. A satellite of Jupiter (obs.).
1696. Whiston, Th. Earth, I. (1722), 22. The case being the same in … the Circumjovials about Jupiter.
1728. Derham, Ecl. Jupiter’s Sat., in Phil. Trans., XXXV. 425. Exact Tables to calculate the Eclipses of the Circumjovials.
1794. Mrs. Piozzi, Synon., II. 150. Circumjovial satellites.
1830. Sir J. Herschel, Stud. Nat. Phil., 186. The contemplation of the circumjovial planets (as they were called) … assisted in securing the admission of the Copernican system.
So Circumjoval a., Circumjovian a., = prec.; † Circumjovialist, a satellite of Jupiter.
1856. Brewster, Mart. Sci., ii. (ed. 3), 29. The four circumjoval planets.
1856. Anne Manning, Tasso & Leon., 18. Circumjovian planets.
1667. R. Towneley, in Phil. Trans., II. 458. Taking the Distances … of the Circum-jovialists.
