Field-independent source localization of Neptune's radio bursts

Details Field-independent source localization of Neptune's radio bursts Field-independent source localization of Neptune's radio bursts

Nov 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jgr....9519143f&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 95, Nov. 1, 1990, p. 19143-19148.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Neptune (Planet), Planetary Radiation, Radio Astronomy, Radio Bursts, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Magnetospheres

Scientific paper

During the Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune, a narrowbanded bursty radio component was observed between 500 and 1326 kHz by the Planetary Radio Astronomy instrument. Based on the emission occurrence pattern, the radio source has been localized without the explicit use of the Neptunian offset-tilted dipole magnetic field model, which is accurate only at distances greater than 4 R(N) (Neptune radii) from the planet. Only assumptions based upon the general nature of radio wave propagation in planetary magnetospheres were used. A number of different candidate radial positions were sampled. For example, at 1.5 R(N), the derived source location was positioned only about 10 deg from the south magnetic pole. The radiation from this source was beamed into a cone of 77.5 + or - 6.3 deg half-angle that was tilted about 10 deg from the radial direction to the north-northeast. At other sampled radial positions, similar source locations were obtained. Due to its proximity to the south magnetic pole, the kilometric emission radio source is believed to be associated with an active auroral region, similar in nature to those found at earth and Saturn.

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