Voyager planetary radio astronomy at Neptune

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Dec 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989sci...246.1498w&link_type=abstract

Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 246, Dec. 15, 1989, p. 1498-1501.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Neptune Atmosphere, Planetary Magnetospheres, Polar Regions, Radio Astronomy, Radio Bursts, Voyager Project, Planetary Ionospheres, Plasma Waves, Southern Hemisphere

Scientific paper

Detection of very intense short radio bursts from Neptune was possible as early as 30 days before closest approach and at least 22 days after closest approach. The bursts lay at frequencies in the range 100 to 1300 kilohertz, were narrowband and strongly polarized, and presumably originated in southern polar regions of the planet. Episodes of smooth emissions in the frequency range from 20 to 865 kilohertz were detected during an interval of at least 10 days around closest approach. The bursts and the smooth emissions can be described in terms of rotation in a period of 16.11 + or - 0.05 hours. The bursts came at regular intervals throughout the encounter, including episodes both before and after closest approach. The smooth emissions showed a half-cycle phase shift between the five episodes before and after closest approach. This experiment detected the foreshock of Neptune's magnetosphere and the impacts of dust at the times of ring-plane crossings and also near the time of closest approach. Finally, there is no evidence for Neptunian electrostatic discharges.

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