Recently, the German Society for Planetary Research was founded in #Münster. Congratulations! Web page and press release: https://www.planet-dgp.de 🔭
#DGP #planets #planetaryscience #planetaryresearch #solarsystem #solarsystemexploration #UniMuenster #DLR #MPSGöttingen #TUBraunschweig
The planets can be observed not only in visible light but also in the radio range! The first attempts at radio observations of planets began in 1954 when intense radio bursts from Jupiter were detected. This radiation did not come directly from the planet but from processes in its magnetosphere.
#FunFact: Jupiter's magnetic field is massive, even relative to the size of the planet itself – it extends over 650 million kilometers (to the orbit of Saturn!) and is 4000 times stronger than Earth's magnetic field. 🚀🌍 A pulsar's magnetic field, however, can be up to 100 trillion times stronger than Jupiter's!
Radio waves penetrate deep into planet atmospheres or the surface, providing us with information that cannot be obtained through other methods. For example, phase fluctuations in the radio emissions were detected on the Moon and Mercury. On Mars, high electrical conductivity in the soil due to iron oxides was detected.
#funfact Radio astronomy amateurs assure that Jupiter can also be "received" and "heard" at home. All you need is a radio receiver for radio waves in the 18 to 22 MHz range and an antenna specifically designed for this frequency range. 📡
📷 Radiation belts of the planets, NASA, JPL, NASA/AP | Collage: A. Kazantsev.
#radioastronomy #planetaryresearch #jupiter #moon #mercury #mars #magnetosphere #atmosphere #pulsar #electromagneticradiation
If you missed our last #PlanetaryResearch meeting for creating a #PlanetaryScience #DiamondOA journal, here is the recording.
Next step: Creation of the Planetary Research Cooperative non-profit!
Here is the recording of our last #PlanetaryResearch #DiamondOA journal meeting. Most of the discussion was about our upcoming call for an editor-in-chief, editors, associate editors, and media team members.
Dr. Nick Attree
MPS Göttingen
MPI für Radioastronomie
Mark Wieczorek