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Science 25 July 1975:
Vol. 189. no. 4199, pp. 285 - 287
DOI: 10.1126/science.189.4199.285
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Earth as an Intense Planetary Radio Source: Similarities to Jupiter and Saturn

M. L. Kaiser 1 and R. G. Stone 1

1 Radio Astronomy Branch, Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771

Observations from spacecraft have revealed naturally occurring radio emission emanating from two regions near Earth. The characteristics of these two sources suggest a correlation with areas of known electron precipitation. The possibility of a similar production mechanism for observed nonthermal radio emissions from other planetary magnetospheres permits the polar magnetic field strengths of Jupiter and Saturn to be predicted.


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