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The image depicts magnetic field of the Jovian satellite Ganymede embedded into the magnetosphere of Jupiter. The image is based on the reported Galileo measurements.[1][2] The green color denotes closed field lines. The model used for this work is a superposition of the background Jovian field (120 nT) and the intrinsic field (720 nT at the equator). The angle between the background field and the moment is 45°.

  1. Kivelson, M.G.; Warnecke, J.; Bennett, L. et.al. (1998). "Ganymede’s magnetosphere: magnetometer overview" (pdf). J.of Geophys. Res. 103 (E9): 19,963-19,972. DOI:10.1029/98JE00227.
  2. Kivelson, M.G.; Khurana, K.K.; Coroniti, F.V. et.al. (2002). "The Permanent and Inductive Magnetic Moments of Ganymede" (pdf). Icarus 157: 507-522. DOI:0.1006/icar.2002.6834.

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