Possible nightside source dominance in nonthermal radio emissions from Uranus

Desch and Kaiser (1984) have formulated a radiometric Bode's law from which they have attempted to estimate the low frequency, nonthermal radio power of the magnetosphere of Uranus. It is shown here that, if Uranus possesses a magnetosphere, it is more likely that the radio emission is from the nightside as opposed to the dayside as assumed by Desch and Kaiser. A nightside source for the radio emissions would radically alter the predicted time for direct observations of the emissions.