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NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered something extraordinary about
Jupiter. There is an extra magnetic pole near the giant planet's
equator.
Space Weather News for Sept. 6, 2018
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JUPITER HAS AN EXTRA MAGNETIC POLE: NASA's Juno spacecraft has
discovered something extraordinary about Jupiter. There is an extra
magnetic pole near the giant planet's equator, dubbed "The Great Blue
Spot" by researchers who identified it. Jupiter's unexpected magnetic morphology is a sign that strange things may be happening deep beneath
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Above: This map of Jupiter's magnetic field shows an unexpected
magnetic pole near the planet's equator. Credit: Kimberly Moore et. al,
Nature 561, pages76rCo78 (2018)
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