Superior Conjunction of Pioneer 6

31 October 1969

journal article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 166 (3905) , 598-601
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.166.3905.598

Abstract

Spectrograms of the radio signals from Pioneer 6 were taken as the spacecraft was occulted by the sun. The spectral bandwidths increased slowly at first, then very rapidly at 1 degree from the sun. In addition, six solar "events" produced marked increases of bandwidth lasting for several hours. The received signal power seemed unaffected by the solar corona.

Keywords

PIONEER
RADIO
CONJUNCTION
SPECTROGRAMS
SPACECRAFT
RAPIDLY
UNAFFECTED
OCCULTED
HOURS
TAKEN

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Pioneer 6: Measurement of Transient Faraday Rotation Phenomena Observed during Solar Occultation
Science, 1969