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Jupiter's Legacy (comic)

Jupiter's Legacy: superhero comic by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely, Image Comics 2013-2015, Union of Justice code, prequel Jupiter's Circle, sequels Requiem and Finale, 2021 Netflix series.

Jupiter's Legacy (TV series)

Jupiter's Legacy is Netflix's 2021 eight-episode superhero drama based on Mark Millar and Frank Quitely's Image Comics series, the first Millarworld adaptation, canceled after one season with a Supercrooks spinoff promised.

Jupiter's polar cyclones

Jupiter's polar cyclones are clusters of large, long-lived storms at the planet's poles: eight circumpolar cyclones in the north and five in the south, discovered by NASA's Juno spacecraft in 2016.

Jupp Heynckes

Jupp Heynckes (Josef Heynckes), born 1945, German striker and coach; 1974 World Cup winner, Bayern treble 2013, Champions League winner with Real Madrid 1998 and Bayern 2013.

Jupp Schmitz

Jupp Schmitz (1901–1991) was a German carnival singer, composer, and pianist from Cologne, best known for the 1949 hit "Wer soll das bezahlen?" and nicknamed "Schnäuzer" for his moustache.

Jupyter Notebook

Jupyter Notebook is a free, open-source web application for interactive computing, developed under Project Jupyter, that combines executable code, explanatory text, and rich output in a single notebook document.

Juqu Mengxun

Juqu Mengxun (沮渠蒙逊) was a Lushui Hu chieftain who rebelled against the Later Liang, seized Zhangye and Guzang, and reigned as King of Hexi from 412 to 433.

Jura Federation

Jura Federation (Fédération jurassienne), anarchist watchmakers' movement founded at Sonvilier, Switzerland, 12 November 1871 within the First International; issued the Sonvilier Circular, anchored the 1872 Saint-Imier anti-authoritarian International, and dissolved after its last congress in 1880.

Jura Mountains

Jura Mountains (Massif du Jura, Juragebirge): sub-alpine fold-and-thrust range on the French-Swiss border north of the Western Alps, namesake of the Jurassic period, thin-skinned tectonics above a Triassic evaporite décollement, highest Swiss peak Mont-Tendre 1,679 m.

Juraj Blanár

Juraj Blanár, born 1966, is a Slovak Smer-SD politician serving as foreign minister, after sitting in the National Council from 2002 to 2023.

Juraj Jánošík

Juraj Jánošík (1688–1713) was a Slovak highwayman born in Terchová who led a robber band and became a national hero of the Robin Hood type.

Juraj Kucka

Juraj Kucka, Slovak midfielder born 1987 in Bojnice, played for Genoa, AC Milan, Parma, Watford, Trabzonspor, and Slovan Bratislava; 112 caps and 14 goals for Slovakia, third all-time in appearances.

Jurakudai

Jurakudai (聚楽第), also read Jurakutei, was the castle-style residence and seat of government that Toyotomi Hideyoshi built in Kyoto, serving from 1587 until its demolition in 1595.

Juran

Juran (巨然) was a Chinese Buddhist monk and landscape painter of the tenth century, who trained under Dong Yuan and co-founded the southern school of landscape painting.

Jurassic

The Jurassic, also called the Jurassic period, is the middle Mesozoic period from 201.4 to 145 million years ago, when dinosaurs rose to dominance and Pangea split apart.

Jurassic 5

Jurassic 5, also styled Jurassic Five, is a six-member Los Angeles alternative hip-hop group (four MCs, two DJs) formed from Unity Committee and Rebels of Rhythm at the Good Life Cafe, known for Quality Control, Power in Numbers, and Feedback.

Jurassic ammonites

Jurassic ammonites are coiled, chambered cephalopods that dominate the Jurassic fossil record and divide the period into 70 to 80 zones and 160 to 170 subzones.

Jurassic and Cretaceous amphibians

The Jurassic and Cretaceous amphibians show the shift from relict Paleozoic groups to modern frog, salamander, and caecilian orders, alongside albanerpetontids and the last temnospondyls, surveyed by continent.

Jurassic Bark

Jurassic Bark (Futurama, Fox, 2002), episode 4ACV07 written by Eric Kaplan: Fry finds his fossilized dog Seymour Asses, cancels the cloning, and the finale shows Seymour waiting for him for twelve years. Emmy-nominated; later retconned by Bender's Big Score.

Jurassic Coast

The Jurassic Coast, officially the Dorset and East Devon Coast, is a 95-mile stretch of England's south coast made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001.

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park: 1993 Steven Spielberg science-fiction film based on Michael Crichton's 1990 novel, about a theme park of cloned dinosaurs; June 11, 1993 US release, $402.5 million domestic record, three Oscars, first photorealistic CGI dinosaurs.

Jurassic Park (film)

Jurassic Park (1993), Steven Spielberg's Universal/Amblin adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel, a dinosaur theme-park thriller starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum; won three Oscars and pioneered photorealistic CGI dinosaurs.

Jurassic Park (novel)

Jurassic Park is Michael Crichton's 1990 Knopf science fiction thriller, also called the Jurassic Park novel, about John Hammond's dinosaur theme park built from cloned ancient DNA. Chaos theorist Ian Malcolm predicts its collapse; the darker novel differs from Spielberg's 1993 film, which made Hammond kindly and left Malcolm alive.

Jurassic Park III

Jurassic Park III is a 2001 American science fiction adventure film directed by Joe Johnston, the third Jurassic Park film and the first not directed by Steven Spielberg.

Jurassic Park: The Game

Jurassic Park: The Game is Telltale Games' 2011 four-episode cinematic adventure for PC, Mac, PS3, Xbox 360, and iPad 2, set during the first film, following Nima Cruz and the Barbasol embryo can, with QTE gameplay and a Metacritic score of 54.

Jurassic Park: The Ride

Jurassic Park: The Ride, also known as Jurassic Park River Adventure, was a river-raft ride at Universal Studios Hollywood that opened in 1996 and closed in 2018.

Jurassic World

Jurassic World, also known as Jurassic Park IV, is a 2015 American science-fiction action film directed by Colin Trevorrow and the fourth installment in the Jurassic Park series.

Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous is a DreamWorks Animation–Amblin animated Netflix series (2020–2022, five seasons) following six teens stranded on Isla Nublar during the Indominus rex escape in Jurassic World; sequel series Chaos Theory ran 2024–2025.

Jurassic World Dominion

Jurassic World Dominion is a 2022 American science fiction adventure film directed by Colin Trevorrow and released by Universal Pictures, the sixth installment in the Jurassic Park franchise.

Jurassic World Evolution

Jurassic World Evolution is a 2018 dinosaur theme-park management sim by Frontier Developments for PC and consoles, set on Isla Nublar and the Muertes Archipelago, with Science, Entertainment, and Security divisions; over 4 million sold, followed by Evolution 2 (2021) and 3 (2025).