Planetary radio astronomy observations from voyager 2 near jupiter.

Autor: Pearce JB, Riddle AC, Warwick JW, Alexander JK, Desch MD, Kaiser ML, Thieman JR, Carr TD, Gulkis S, Boischot A, Leblanc Y, Pedersen BM, Staelin DH
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Science (New York, N.Y.) [Science] 1979 Nov 23; Vol. 206 (4421), pp. 991-5.
DOI: 10.1126/science.206.4421.991
Abstrakt: The Voyager 2 Planetary Radio Astronomy experiment to Jupiter has confirmed and extended to higher zenomagnetic latitudes results from the identical experiment carried by Voyager 1. The kilometric emissions discovered by Voyager 1 often extended to 1 megahertz or higher on Voyager 2 and often consisted of negatively or, less frequently, positively drifting narrowband bursts. On the basis of tentative identification of plasma wave emissions similar to those detected by Voyager 1, the plasma torus associated with Io appeared somewhat denser to Voyager 2 than it did to Voyager 1. We report here on quasiperiodic sinusoidal or impulsive bursts in the broadcast band range of wavelengths (800 to 1800 kilohertz). A Faraday effect appears at decametric frequencies, which probably results from propagation of the radiation near its sources on Jupiter. Finally, we discuss the occurrence of decametric emission in homologous arc families.
Databáze: MEDLINE