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🧲 Earth's Dipole Field: L-Shells, Compass Dip Angle and Trapped-Particle Mirror Bounce — 2D Meridian Map

2D companion of the Earth dipole lab: noon-midnight meridian field lines, magnetopause under solar-wind pressure, a bouncing and drifting trapped particle with loss cone, and a compass dip needle, driven by the 3D lab's own physics module.

Space & Astronomy2DAdvanced60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

Magnetic FieldMagnetosphereDipoleCharged ParticleThree.js

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install