Whole-Disk Observations of Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars in Millimeter/Submillimeter Bands
Abstract
New balloon-borne observations of whole-disk brightness ratios for Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars are reported in four millimeter/submillimeter bands of bandwidth Δν~1-2 cm-1. Using the effective planetary radii of Hildebrand et al., we find that TMars/TJupiter=1.158+/-0.015, 1.189+/-0.015, 1.470+/-0.019, and 1.515+/-0.019 and TSaturn/TJupiter=0.833+/-0.012, 0.758+/-0.010, 0.818+/-0.012, and 0.840+/-0.012, at ν=5.7, 9.5, 16.5, and 22.5 cm-1, respectively. Using models for the brightness temperature of Mars, we also give the whole-disk brightness temperatures for Jupiter and Saturn for the four frequencies.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- October 1997
- DOI:
- 10.1086/310919
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/9612040
- Bibcode:
- 1997ApJ...488L.161G
- Keywords:
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- BALLOONS;
- COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND;
- INFRARED: SOLAR SYSTEM;
- PLANETS AND SATELLITES: INDIVIDUAL (JUPITER;
- MARS;
- SATURN);
- RADIO CONTINUUM: SOLAR SYSTEM;
- Balloons;
- Cosmology: Cosmic Microwave Background;
- Infrared: Solar System;
- Planets and Satellites: Individual: Jupiter;
- Planets and Satellites: Individual: Mars;
- Planets and Satellites: Individual: Saturn;
- Radio Continuum: Solar System;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 13 pages, LaTeX+aasms4 package, 2 included PostScript figures. Submitted to Ap.J Letters