Published July 1988
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Journal article
Very Large Array observations of Uranus at 2.0 cm
Creators
- 1. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (USA)
Description
Radio observations of Uranus obtained at 2.0 cm with the B configuration of the VLA during April 1985 are reported. The calibration and data-reduction procedures are described in detail, and the results are presented in tables, maps, and graphs and compared with IRIS 44-micron observations (Hanel et al., 1986). Features discussed include highest brightness centered on the pole rather than on the subearth point, a decrease in brightness temperature (by up to 9 K) at latitudes between -20 and -50 deg (well correlated with the IRIS data), and disk-center position (corrected for the observed radio asymmetry) in good agreement with that found on the basis of the outer contours of the image. 15 references
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Astronomical Journal
- Journal Volume
- 96
- Series
- Astron. J.
- Journal Page Range
- 388-395
- ISSN
- 0004-6256
- CODEN
- ANJOA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20000835
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERFEROMETRY; RADIOWAVE RADIATION; URANUS PLANET; VOYAGER SPACE PROBES
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; PLANETS; RADIATIONS; SPACE VEHICLES