A low-frequency radio survey of the planets with RAE-2

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:7317158

Kaiser, M L

Over one thousand occultations of each planet in the solar system have occurred during the period from mid-1973 through mid-1976 as seen from the lunar orbiting Radio Astronomy Explorer-2 (RAE-2) spacecraft. These occultations have been examined for evidence of planetary radio emissions in the 0.025 to 13.1 MHz band. Only Jupiter and the earth have given positive results. Lack of detection of emission from the other planets can mean that either they do not emit radio noise in this band or the flux level of their emissions and/or its occurrence rate are too low to be detected by RAE-2. (author)

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD (USA). Goddard Space Flight Center
• OSTI ID: 7317158
• Report Number(s): N-76-32080; NASA-TM-X-71182; X-695-76-186
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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640107* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Planetary Phenomena
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
EARTH PLANET
ECLIPSE
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FREQUENCY RANGE
JUPITER PLANET
KHZ RANGE
KHZ RANGE 01-100
KHZ RANGE 100-1000
MARS PLANET
MERCURY PLANET
MHZ RANGE
MHZ RANGE 01-100
NEPTUNE PLANET
PLANETS
PLUTO PLANET
RADIATIONS
RADIOWAVE RADIATION
SATURN PLANET
URANUS PLANET
VENUS PLANET