Voyager 2 radio observations of Uranus

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Jul 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986sci...233..102w&link_type=abstract

Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 233, July 4, 1986, p. 102-106.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

84

Planetary Magnetospheres, Radio Emission, Uranus (Planet), Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Plasmasphere, Radio Spectra

Scientific paper

Within distances to Uranus of about 6×106kilometers (inbound) and 35×106kilometers (outbound), the planetary radio astronomy experiment aboard Voyager 2 detected a wide variety of radio emissions. The emission was modulated in a period of 17.24±0.01 hours, which is identified as the rotation period of Uranus' magnetic field. Of the two poles where the axis of the off-center magnetic dipole (measured by the magnetometer experiment aboard Voyager 2) meets the planetary surface, the one closer to dipole center is now located on the nightside of the planet. When the spacecraft entered the nightside hemisphere, which contains the stronger surface magnetic pole, the bandwidth increased dramatically and thereafter remained large. Dynamically evolving radio events of various kinds embedded in these emissions suggest a Uranian magnetosphere rich in magnetohydrodynamic phenomena.

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