Data Recorded as Juno Entered Magnetosphere

This chart presents data that the Waves investigation on NASA’s Juno spacecraft recorded as the spacecraft entered Jupiter’s magnetosphere on June 25, 2016, while approaching Jupiter. Audio accompanies the animation, with volume and pitch correlated to the amplitude and frequency of the recorded waves. Time runs from left to right, with a total elapsed time of one hour and 45 minutes. The label “Magnetopause“ at just over 20 minutes into the chart marks entry into the magnetosphere, as detected by the sudd