Jupiter's Magnetosphere (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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This visualization shows a simplified model of Jupiter's magnetosphere, designed to illustrate the scale, and basic features of the structure and impacts of the magnetic axis (cyan arrow) offset from the planetary rotation axis (blue arrow). The semi-transparent gray mesh in the distance represents the boundary of the magnetosphere. Download in HD: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4142

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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio/JPL NAIF

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