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Million & Goertz 1988
Million, M.A. and Goertz, C.K. (1988). Prediction of radio frequency power generation of Neptune’s magnetosphere from generalized radiometric Bode’s law. Geophysical Research Letters 15: doi: 10.1029/88GL02010. issn: 0094-8276.

Magnetospheric radio frequency emission power has been shown to vary as a function of both solar wind and planetary values such as magnetic field by Kaiser and Desch. Planetary magnetic fields have been shown to scale with planetary variables such as density and angular momentum by numerous researchers. This paper combines two magnetic scaling laws Busse's and Curtis Ness') with the radiometric law to yield 'Bode's'-type laws governing planetary radio emissions. Further analysis allows the reduction of variables to planetary emissions. Further analysis allows the reduction of variables to planetary mass and orbital distance. These generalized laws are then used to predict the power output of Neptune to be about 1.6¿107 W; with the intensity peaking at about 3M Hz. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1988

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Keywords
Magnetospheric Physics, Solar wind interactions with unmagnetized bodies
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