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| Description: Jupiter’s Magnetosphere (a) Created by the planet’s rotation, the ion-trapping regions of Jupiter’s magnetosphere (in orange, analogous to the Van Allen belts) extend into the realm of the Galilean moons. Gases from Io and Europa form tori (doughnut-shaped regions) in the magnetosphere. Some of Io’s particles are pulled by the field onto the planet. Pushed outward by the solar wind, the magnetosphere has a “magnetotail” pointing away from the Sun. The magnetotail is often over 500 million km long and sometimes it reaches all the way to Saturn. Picture Stats: Views: 929 Filesize: 277.71kB Height: 884 Width: 1350 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=16336 |