Microwave measurements of the outer planets

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Microwave Emission, Neptune (Planet), Planetary Radiation, Pluto (Planet), Radio Astronomy, Uranus (Planet), Calibrating, Interferometry, Radiant Flux Density, Planets, Giant Planets, Microwaves, Emissions, Radiation, Flux, Density, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Temperature, Time Dependency, Seasonal Variations, Atmosphere, Anomalies, Wavelengths, Radio Waves, Earth-Based Observations

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In 1985 February the flux densities at λ6 cm of Uranus and Neptune were measured to be 45.9±2.2 and 14.7±1.4 mJy, corresponding to disc temperatures of 251 and 225K respectively. No emission (<0.8 mJy) was detected from Pluto. The microwave emission from Uranus varies with time, possibly as a seasonal effect. Since 1970 there has been an increase in disc temperature at λ6 cm, as at other wavelengths, but between 1978 and 1985 the increase at λ6 cm appears to have stopped.

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