APOD: 2020 February 25 - Jupiters Magnetic Field from Juno

Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Jupiter's Magnetic Field from Juno." The Juno spacecraft is currently in orbit around the planet Jupiter, and is scheduled to remain there until July 2021. One of the topics of investigation for Juno is the magnetosphere of Jupiter. Deep in the planet's atmosphere, under great pressure, hydrogen gas is squeezed into a fluid known as metallic hydrogen. At these great depths, the hydrogen acts like an electrically conducting metal which is believed to be the source of Jupiter's intense magnetic field. As the video clip ( 0:45), there are actually three magnetic poles on Jupiter (there are only two on Earth). Our Earth has its own anomalies, such as the difference between the geographic and magnetic poles. The more we learn, the more we realize we do not know. Funny how that works.