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Jupiter Was Once Double Its Size With Magnetic Field 50x Stronger

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New study reveals Jupiter was twice as large as today and 50 times more powerful than its current strength.

Jupiter was still contracting from its bloated state while accreting massive amounts of material through a surrounding disk of gas and debris 3.8 million years after the Solar System’s first solids formed.

Jupiter 's early evolution had profound consequences for the entire Solar System .

The powerful magnetic field carved out a cavity in the surrounding disk, which trapped forming moons and organized them into the resonant chain we observe today .

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