High Resolution Radio Observations of the Planet Jupiter

Abstract

The Cambridge one-mile radio telescope has been used to obtain maps of the radio emission from the planet Jupiter for different values of the central meridian longitude of the planet. The observations were made at wavelengths of 75 cm and 21 cm. The disc temperature at λ = 21 cm is found to be (250±40)°K, and a model has been derived of the electron density distribution within the Jovian radiation belts.