Because it's the biggest.
jupiter is named after the roman god of all things as jupiter is the biggest of the planets
no jupiter is one of the outer planets
The order of the planets starting nearest to the Sun is... Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.Saturn is the second largest of the planets, Jupiter is larger.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune are the outer planets.
The planets closer to the Sun than Jupiter are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. So, four planets are closer than Jupiter.
Uranus and Neptune are the biggest planets besides Saturn and Jupiter. :)
Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune are the outer planets and are also gas giant planets.
Jupiter does not swallow in planets currently. It may have pulled in proto-planets early in the history of our solar system. This would have been caused by Jupiter's enormous gravitational pull.
Jupiters orbit is a imaginary circle that the planets circle around that is how we count years.
jupiter is a gas planet
Jupiter is the biggest planet.
The two planets that are the closest to Mars is Earth and Jupiter.