Discovery of a north-south asymmetry in Saturn's radio rotation period

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Gumett, D A ^b   Lecacheux, A ^d   Kurth, W S ^b   Persoon, A M ^b   Groene, J B ^b   Lamy, L ^c   Zarka, P ^d   Carbary, J F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

CASSINI SPACECRAFT; NORTH-SOUTH ASYMMETRY; RADIO EMISSION; RADIO OBSERVATION; ROTATION PERIOD; TIME-SCALES;

ROTATION;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; AURORA; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; RADIO WAVE; SATURN; SPACECRAFT; TIMESCALE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 71949131411     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039621     Document Type: Article

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