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Control of Saturn's kilometric radiation by Dione

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Voyager 1 observations of Saturn's kilometric radio emissions reveal a strong but apparently transitory control by the orbital phase angle of Dione. This may be a geometrical effect and a time-variable plasma torus associated with Dione could explain most of the observed details of the Dione modulation by creating a shadow zone near the equatorial plane.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, USA

    W. S. Kurth & D. A. Gurnett

  2. TRW Defense and Space Systems, One Space Park, Redondo Beach, California, 90278, USA

    F. L. Scarf

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Kurth, W., Gurnett, D. & Scarf, F. Control of Saturn's kilometric radiation by Dione. Nature 292, 742–745 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/292742a0

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