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 |
Everything renders on your device with WebGL. The 3D engine loads once (about 0.7 MB) and is cached; no scene data is sent to a server.
This is an educational dipole + magnetopause + magnetotail schematic - not an MHD model. Distances are compressed for one-screen teaching.
For a step-by-step walkthrough, read the Jupiter Magnetosphere 3D Explorer step-by-step guide. 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.