6-CM Observations of Jupiter

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Observations of Jupiter have been made at 6 cm with the 140-foot radio telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. The results show a mean flux density of 10.8 F.U. (for an Earth-Jupiter distance of 4 04 a.u) and a degree of polarization of 0 086 Assuming a polarization of 0.22 for the nonthermal component to the emission, the measurements suggest a value of 4.2 F.U. for the non-thermal contribution and a thermal contribution equivalent to a disk with a brightness temperature of 224 K. The variation of emission with Jovian rotation confirms previous findings about the inclination of the magnetic axis and the beaming of the non-thermal radiation.

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