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How did the Venus Express detect lightning?
What are the chances of getting struck by lightning while in Earth orbit?Do rocket exhaust plumes really provide a pathway for lightning?Terraforming Of VenusHow would people measure time on Venus?What is 'triggered lightning'?Beyond the Apollo 12 incident, have there been any instances of triggered lightning?Earth-based lightning on the Space Station channelWhen did planetary scientists realize Venus' surface pressure was almost 100x that on Earth? How did they find out?How was the radius of Venus measured so accurately (± 3 km) in the mid 1960's, before Venera 4 and Mariner 5?Why are lightning towers at launch pads topped with big hollow tubes with spiral windings and not “lightning rod-shaped” lightning rods?
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I found it very interesting (especially the sound recording) of the Venus Express detecting lightning on the planet Venus.
I found it strange watching the ' national geographic ' video about the discovery of lightning on Venus as the microwave dish of the spacecraft was pointed at Venus when it was ' detecting ' the lightning. This baffled me as I never knew that lightning would cause interferences at such a high frequency (I'm used to interferences being caused at VLFs - Very Low Frequencies). Did they use the spacecraft's transceiver to detect these interferences or was it a specialised piece of equipment which was intended for this job? - or was I mistaken for what was pointed at the planet?
(Below is a picture from the video - I'm unsure if this is the orientation it would have been in)
I did try a few Google searches however I wasn't able to find much about the topic, only a few news stories about the discovery - I possibly had been searching the wrong thing...
I'm very interested if anyone knows anything more about this topic as I would love to possibly try the concept out myself one day.
Many thanks in advance.
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I found it very interesting (especially the sound recording) of the Venus Express detecting lightning on the planet Venus.
I found it strange watching the ' national geographic ' video about the discovery of lightning on Venus as the microwave dish of the spacecraft was pointed at Venus when it was ' detecting ' the lightning. This baffled me as I never knew that lightning would cause interferences at such a high frequency (I'm used to interferences being caused at VLFs - Very Low Frequencies). Did they use the spacecraft's transceiver to detect these interferences or was it a specialised piece of equipment which was intended for this job? - or was I mistaken for what was pointed at the planet?
(Below is a picture from the video - I'm unsure if this is the orientation it would have been in)
I did try a few Google searches however I wasn't able to find much about the topic, only a few news stories about the discovery - I possibly had been searching the wrong thing...
I'm very interested if anyone knows anything more about this topic as I would love to possibly try the concept out myself one day.
Many thanks in advance.
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I found it very interesting (especially the sound recording) of the Venus Express detecting lightning on the planet Venus.
I found it strange watching the ' national geographic ' video about the discovery of lightning on Venus as the microwave dish of the spacecraft was pointed at Venus when it was ' detecting ' the lightning. This baffled me as I never knew that lightning would cause interferences at such a high frequency (I'm used to interferences being caused at VLFs - Very Low Frequencies). Did they use the spacecraft's transceiver to detect these interferences or was it a specialised piece of equipment which was intended for this job? - or was I mistaken for what was pointed at the planet?
(Below is a picture from the video - I'm unsure if this is the orientation it would have been in)
I did try a few Google searches however I wasn't able to find much about the topic, only a few news stories about the discovery - I possibly had been searching the wrong thing...
I'm very interested if anyone knows anything more about this topic as I would love to possibly try the concept out myself one day.
Many thanks in advance.
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I found it very interesting (especially the sound recording) of the Venus Express detecting lightning on the planet Venus.
I found it strange watching the ' national geographic ' video about the discovery of lightning on Venus as the microwave dish of the spacecraft was pointed at Venus when it was ' detecting ' the lightning. This baffled me as I never knew that lightning would cause interferences at such a high frequency (I'm used to interferences being caused at VLFs - Very Low Frequencies). Did they use the spacecraft's transceiver to detect these interferences or was it a specialised piece of equipment which was intended for this job? - or was I mistaken for what was pointed at the planet?
(Below is a picture from the video - I'm unsure if this is the orientation it would have been in)
I did try a few Google searches however I wasn't able to find much about the topic, only a few news stories about the discovery - I possibly had been searching the wrong thing...
I'm very interested if anyone knows anything more about this topic as I would love to possibly try the concept out myself one day.
Many thanks in advance.
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They used the magnetometer:
The confirming measurements of the electrical discharges were made with data obtained by the Venus Express magnetometer instrument provided by the Space Research Institute in Graz, Austria. The measurements were taken once a day for two minutes, during a period when the spacecraft was closest to Venus.
Paywalled article about the discovery should have more details.
On Venus Express, the magnetometer bandwidth is sufficient to record the lightning signals propagating in the whistler mode and will be used to map the occurrence of lightning across the nightside of the planet.
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Wow. Thank you @Hobbes for your response. I had no clue that the magnetometer had any significance in detecting the lightning. My mind was set that it was some radio interference which was detected by the spacecraft. No wonder why I wasn't able to find much on google. I'll be interested to see what you have yet to add. :)
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They used the magnetometer:
The confirming measurements of the electrical discharges were made with data obtained by the Venus Express magnetometer instrument provided by the Space Research Institute in Graz, Austria. The measurements were taken once a day for two minutes, during a period when the spacecraft was closest to Venus.
Paywalled article about the discovery should have more details.
On Venus Express, the magnetometer bandwidth is sufficient to record the lightning signals propagating in the whistler mode and will be used to map the occurrence of lightning across the nightside of the planet.
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Wow. Thank you @Hobbes for your response. I had no clue that the magnetometer had any significance in detecting the lightning. My mind was set that it was some radio interference which was detected by the spacecraft. No wonder why I wasn't able to find much on google. I'll be interested to see what you have yet to add. :)
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They used the magnetometer:
The confirming measurements of the electrical discharges were made with data obtained by the Venus Express magnetometer instrument provided by the Space Research Institute in Graz, Austria. The measurements were taken once a day for two minutes, during a period when the spacecraft was closest to Venus.
Paywalled article about the discovery should have more details.
On Venus Express, the magnetometer bandwidth is sufficient to record the lightning signals propagating in the whistler mode and will be used to map the occurrence of lightning across the nightside of the planet.
(more later)
answered 2 hours ago
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Wow. Thank you @Hobbes for your response. I had no clue that the magnetometer had any significance in detecting the lightning. My mind was set that it was some radio interference which was detected by the spacecraft. No wonder why I wasn't able to find much on google. I'll be interested to see what you have yet to add. :)
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They used the magnetometer:
The confirming measurements of the electrical discharges were made with data obtained by the Venus Express magnetometer instrument provided by the Space Research Institute in Graz, Austria. The measurements were taken once a day for two minutes, during a period when the spacecraft was closest to Venus.
Paywalled article about the discovery should have more details.
On Venus Express, the magnetometer bandwidth is sufficient to record the lightning signals propagating in the whistler mode and will be used to map the occurrence of lightning across the nightside of the planet.
(more later)
answered 2 hours ago
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They used the magnetometer:
The confirming measurements of the electrical discharges were made with data obtained by the Venus Express magnetometer instrument provided by the Space Research Institute in Graz, Austria. The measurements were taken once a day for two minutes, during a period when the spacecraft was closest to Venus.
Paywalled article about the discovery should have more details.
On Venus Express, the magnetometer bandwidth is sufficient to record the lightning signals propagating in the whistler mode and will be used to map the occurrence of lightning across the nightside of the planet.
(more later)
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Wow. Thank you @Hobbes for your response. I had no clue that the magnetometer had any significance in detecting the lightning. My mind was set that it was some radio interference which was detected by the spacecraft. No wonder why I wasn't able to find much on google. I'll be interested to see what you have yet to add. :)
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Wow. Thank you @Hobbes for your response. I had no clue that the magnetometer had any significance in detecting the lightning. My mind was set that it was some radio interference which was detected by the spacecraft. No wonder why I wasn't able to find much on google. I'll be interested to see what you have yet to add. :)
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Wow. Thank you @Hobbes for your response. I had no clue that the magnetometer had any significance in detecting the lightning. My mind was set that it was some radio interference which was detected by the spacecraft. No wonder why I wasn't able to find much on google. I'll be interested to see what you have yet to add. :)
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Wow. Thank you @Hobbes for your response. I had no clue that the magnetometer had any significance in detecting the lightning. My mind was set that it was some radio interference which was detected by the spacecraft. No wonder why I wasn't able to find much on google. I'll be interested to see what you have yet to add. :)
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