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Saturn's radio emissions: rotational modulation

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The unexpected rotational modulation of the Saturn kilometric radiation and Saturn electrostatic discharges, as revealed by Voyager 1 observations, are discussed in terms of a ring-current system and the geometry of the dipole field.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, 3411, Katlenburg-Lindau, 3, FRG

    C. K. Goertz, M. F. Thomsen & W.-H. Ip

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240, USA

    C. K. Goertz

  3. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545, USA

    M. F. Thomsen

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Goertz, C., Thomsen, M. & Ip, WH. Saturn's radio emissions: rotational modulation. Nature 292, 737–739 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/292737a0

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