Jupiter: Magnetosphere

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Jul 2001

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2326. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Solar System, Planetary Physics

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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the cavity surrounding the planet which contains and is controlled by Jupiter's magnetic field (figure 1). It reaches to a distance of ˜60 Jupiter radii on the dayside of the planet (one Jupiter radius, RJ, is taken to be 71 373 km), and extends into a long comet-like tail on the nightside which has a diameter of ˜300-400 RJ and a length of at least 3...

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