Explore Jupiter's magnetosphere at teaching scale: equatorial field ~420 uT, volume ~20,000x Earth's, and a night-side magnetotail that can extend past Saturn (~9.5 AU).
Published literacy: equatorial field ~420 uT, magnetosphere volume ~20,000x Earth, magnetotail past Saturn (~9.5 AU), sunward magnetopause typically ~45-100 Rj.
Drag to orbit and scroll or pinch to zoom. Scrub magnetopause standoff, toggle the magnetotail, Saturn marker, or solar-wind particles.
Jupiter Magnetosphere 3D Explorer
This browser explorer shows Jupiter's magnetosphere at teaching scale - equatorial field ~420 uT, volume ~20,000x Earth's, and a magnetotail that can reach past Saturn (~9.5 AU).
Earth Magnetosphere 3D owns the ~6-10 Re / 25-65 uT Earth case. This page owns the giant-planet scale story those figures cannot show.
- Dipole field-line cage around a banded Jupiter
- Orange magnetopause wire shell with Quiet ~90 Rj and Compressed ~50 Rj presets
- Night-side magnetotail rings (past Saturn literacy)
- Saturn orbit distance marker (~9.5 AU teaching cue)
- Optional solar-wind particle stream
- Facts panel lists 420 uT, 20,000x, 9.5 AU, and 45-100 Rj
- Distinct from earth-magnetosphere and solar-wind-heliosphere
- Runs fully in the browser with the vendored three.js engine - no account, no upload
Students see why Jupiter's magnetosphere dwarfs Earth's; teachers contrast Re vs Rj standoff; curious readers connect the magnetotail to Saturn's orbital distance.
| Figure | Value | Source note |
|---|---|---|
| Equatorial surface field | ~420 uT | ~4.2 G published literacy |
| Volume vs Earth | ~20,000x | Scale differentiator |
| Magnetotail | past Saturn (~9.5 AU) | Night-side extent literacy |
| Sunward magnetopause | ~45-100 Rj | Solar-wind compression teaching range |
Which Space 3D explorer covers which scale
This explorer owns the giant-planet case: about 420 uT, roughly 20,000x Earth's volume, and a magnetotail reaching past Saturn. Two siblings cover the scales it leaves out - Earth Magnetosphere 3D for the near-Earth boundary in Earth radii, and Solar Wind Heliosphere 3D for the whole heliosphere in AU.
| Explorer | What it teaches | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|
| Jupiter Magnetosphere 3D (this page) | About 420 uT, about 20,000x Earth's volume, magnetotail past Saturn (about 9.5 AU), magnetopause about 45-100 Rj | Teaching schematic with compressed distances |
| Earth Magnetosphere 3D | Magnetopause about 6-10 Re, surface field about 25-65 uT, dipole tilt about 11 deg | Earth scale only |
| Solar Wind Heliosphere 3D | Termination shock about 94 AU and heliopause about 121 AU | Whole-heliosphere bubble, not planet magnetosphere detail |
Rotating Jupiter's dipole field-line cage, magnetopause shell, and night-side magnetotail happens entirely on your device: the vendored three.js engine downloads once (about 0.7 MB), then stays cached for return visits. The banded planet, Saturn distance marker, and optional solar-wind stream are all drawn locally with WebGL, so nothing about the view you build is uploaded or sent to a server.
This is an educational dipole + magnetopause + magnetotail schematic - not an MHD model. Distances are compressed for one-screen teaching.
When you need session fit and limits, see when to use Jupiter Magnetosphere 3D Explorer. The Space 3D collection also includes Earth Magnetosphere 3D and Galilean Moons 3D.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Jupiter Magnetosphere 3D Explorer show?
A teaching schematic of Jupiter's magnetosphere: dipole field lines, a sunward magnetopause (~45-100 Rj), a night-side magnetotail, and a Saturn marker for the past-Saturn (~9.5 AU) literacy figure.
How is this different from Earth Magnetosphere 3D?
Earth Magnetosphere 3D teaches ~6-10 Re and ~25-65 uT. This page teaches Jupiter's ~420 uT field, ~20,000x volume, and a magnetotail that can extend past Saturn.
What does ~20,000x mean?
It is a published literacy figure for Jupiter's magnetosphere volume compared with Earth's - the scale reason this page exists beside the Earth explorer.
Why is Saturn in the scene?
Saturn's orbital distance (~9.5 AU) is the standard cue for magnetotail extent. The marker is a scale reference, not a full Saturn orbit tour.
Is this an MHD model?
No. It is an educational dipole + boundary + magnetotail schematic with compressed distances - not a magnetohydrodynamic solver or live solar-wind feed.
Does this include the Io torus?
No. Io plasma-torus physics is out of scope here; see Galilean Moons 3D for the moon system context.