Instrument Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg1.pra::1.2
NAME Planetary Radio Astronomy Receiver for VG1
TYPE Spectrometer
DESCRIPTION The Planetary Radio Astronomy Receiver for Voyager 1 studies natural radio emissions from planets and their magnetospheres, aiding in the understanding of planetary atmospheres and space weather.
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SERIAL NUMBER not applicable
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Boischot, A., A. Lecacheux, M.L. Kaiser, M.D. Desch, J.K. Alexander, and J.W. Warwick, Radio Jupiter after Voyager: An Overview of the Planetary Radio Astronomy Observations, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 86, p. 8213, 1981.

Carr, T.D., Desch, M.D., and Alexander, J.K., Phenomenology of magnetospheric radio emissions, In Physics of the Jovian Magnetosphere, edited by A.J. Dessler, pp. 226-284, Cambridge U. Press., Cambridge, UK, 1983.

Kaiser, M.L., M.D. Desch, A.C. Riddle, A. Lecacheux, J.B. Pearce, J.K. Alexander, J.W. Warwick, and J.R. Thieman, Voyager Spacecraft Radio Observations of Jupiter: Initial Cruise Results, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 6, p. 507, 1979.

Lang, G.J., and R.G. Peltzer, Planetary Radio Astronomy Receiver, IEEE Trans., Vol. 13, p. 466, 1977.

Pedersen, B.M., Voyager Planetary Radio Astronomy Experiment Observations: Plasma Waves in the Jovian and Saturnian Magnetospheres, Planetary Radio Emissions, H.O. Rucker and S.J. Bauer (Eds.), Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Austria, p. 185, 1984.

Wang, L., and T.D. Carr, Recalibration of the Voyager PRA Antenna for Polarization Sense Measurement, Astron. Astrophys., Vol. 281, p. 945, 1993.

Warwick, J.W., Planetary Radio Astronomy on the Outer Planets Grand Tours, Adv. Astronaut. Sci., Vol. 28, p. 569, 1971.

Warwick, J.W., J.B. Pearce, R.G. Peltzer, and A.C. Riddle, Planetary radio astronomy experiment for Voyager missions, Space Sci. Rev., 21, No. 3, 309-327, Dec. 1977.