Publication Date:
2019-07-12
Description:
A rotationally-dependent occurrence pattern is identified for the b-bursty emissions observed with Voyager 2 during its 1986 encounter with Uranus. Certain features of this pattern, such as its extension to the highest frequencies and a 40-min signal gap, were sometimes recognizable on individual rotations despite the bursty character of the signals. This pattern is interpreted in terms of Voyager's passing from the inside of a broad, hollow emission cone coming from the southern hemisphere to the outside, and then back in, as a result of planetary rotation. The emission gap then corresponds to the times when Voyager was outside the cone.
Keywords:
LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
Type:
Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227); 94; 217-225
Format:
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