Precision flux density measurements of the giant planets at 8420 MHz
Abstract
Precision measurements of the 3.56 cm flux densities of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are reported. The results are compared with previously published measurements as a means of: remotely sensing long-term changes in the microwave emission from the atmospheres of these planets and measuring the effects of Saturn's rings on the disk temperature as observed from earth at different ring inclination angles.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- January 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981A&A....94...91T
- Keywords:
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- Gas Giant Planets;
- Microwave Emission;
- Planetary Atmospheres;
- Planetary Radiation;
- Radiant Flux Density;
- Radio Sources (Astronomy);
- Brightness Temperature;
- Centimeter Waves;
- Jupiter Atmosphere;
- Neptune Atmosphere;
- Planetary Temperature;
- Saturn Atmosphere;
- Saturn Rings;
- Uranus Atmosphere;
- Astronomy