A regular period for Saturn's magnetic field that may track its internal rotation

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-64

  Giampieri, G ^a   Dougherty, M K ^b   Smith, E J ^a   Russell, C T ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; PLANETS; ROTATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; RADIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLAR SYSTEM; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

PERIODICITY; RADIO EMISSIONS; SATURN; MAGNETIC SIGNALS; RADIO MEASUREMENTS; RADIO-EMISSION;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC SURVEY; PLANETARY ROTATION; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; SATURN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DIPOLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PARAMETER; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; ROTATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOLID; TELECOMMUNICATION; MEASUREMENT; RADIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

EID: 33744819527     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04750     Document Type: Article

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