Jupiter’s magnetic field is the largest in the Solar System. With a mapping different from the Earth, it could have a second south pole just below the equator.
Astrophysicists and planetologists working on the study of Jupiter’s magnetic field have just published the latest results of their work. Thanks to Juno probe analyzes, they announced that Jupiter’s magnetic field is complex and asymmetric.
Juno’s measurements reveal a northern hemisphere with a rather tormented magnetic field, with harmonics different from those of a magnet. Above all, the close flights have established the presence of a second south pole just below the equator.
These data will feed simulations of the interior of Jupiter by putting constraints on its possible self-excited dynamo generating a field born convective currents of fluid metallic hydrogen in the center of the planet.
Find out more on Nature.
