Predictions for Uranus from a radiometric Bode's law

The authors have formulated a 'radiometric Bode's law' from which a planet's magnetic moment can be estimated from its radio emission output. Applying it to Uranus, they estimate the low-frequency radio power likely to be measured by the Voyager 2 spacecraft as it approaches this planet. They also show how measurements of the Uranus radio flux by Voyager 2, which will probably be made in early to mid-1985, can be used to estimate the planetary magnetic moment and solar wind stand-off distance before the in situ measurements. (author)