Accession Number:
AD0756084
Title:
The Brightness Temperature of Venus and the Absolute Flux Scale at Mhz,
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Corporate Author:
OWENS VALLEY RADIO OBSERVATORY PASADENA CALIF
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Report Date:
1973-01-01
Pagination or Media Count:
13.0
Abstract:
The authors measured the disk temperature of Venus at 608 MHz near the inferior conjunction of 1972 and obtained a value of 498 plus or minus 33K using a nominal CKL flux density scale. The result is consistent with earlier measurements, but has a much smaller uncertainty. Our theoretical model prediction is larger by a factor of 1.21 plus or minus 0.09. This discrepancy has been noticed previously for frequencies below 1400 MHz, but was generally disregarded because of the large observational uncertainties. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Astrophysics