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Jupiter’s Rotation Period from Dekametric Observations 1951-1975

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

R.A. Duncan*
Affiliation:
Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Sydney

Extract

Prompted by recent moves to ask the International Astronomical Union to redefine the System III rotation period, we have used all available dekametric observations from 1951 to 1975 and new analysis methods in an attempt to improve our estimate of the Jovian dekametric rotation period.

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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1975

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