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Jupiter
Jupiter was the gas giant, fifth planet of the star Sol, located past the orbital area of the Asteroid Belt and the gas giant Saturn. Jupiter, a ringed sphere, is the largest planet of the Sol solar system, and has a large constellation of orbiting satellites.
Vorian Atreides used the gravitational pull of Jupiter as a slingshot effect to enable his starship, the Dream Voyager carrying Iblis Ginjo and Serena Butler, to escape from his Titan pursuing father, Agamemnon. As Vorian's vessel was large enough to escape from the planet's gravitational well, the Cymeks star voyaging craft was unable to do so, and Agamemnon had to break off the pursuit.