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| Keywords: Ganymede magnetic field.jpg Ganymede_magnetic_field svg The image depicts magnetic field of the Jovian satellite Ganymede embedded into the magnetosphere of Jupiter The image is based on the reported Galileo measurements <ref name Kivelson1998> cite journal Kivelson M G Warnecke J ; Bennett L et al Ganymede ™s magnetosphere magnetometer overview J of Geophys Res 1998 103 E9 19 963-19 972 10 1029/98JE00227 http //www igpp ucla edu/people/mkivelson/Publications/98JE00227 pdf pdf </ref><ref name Kivelson2002> cite journal Kivelson M G Khurana K K ; Coroniti F V et al The Permanent and Inductive Magnetic Moments of Ganymede Icarus 2002 157 507-522 0 1006/icar 2002 6834 http //www igpp ucla edu/people/mkivelson/Publications/ICRUS1572507 pdf pdf </ref> The green color denotes closed field lines The model used for this work is a superposition of the background Jovian field 120 nT and the intrinsic field 720 nT at the equator The angle between the background field and the moment is 45° reflist Diagrams of Ganymede moon Jupiter magnetosphere | ||||
