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The ancients knew about Jupiter. They knew it was different from other objects in the sky. However, it is not known for sure if one person can claim the discovery, as it happened before recorded history began (which more or less addresses the "when" part).

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Galileo in 1610 when he was looking at the stars and saw that 1 had moons orbiting around it

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