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Pioneer 10 HVM Hourly Average Interplanetary Magnetic Field

NSSDC ID: SPHE-00422

Availability: At NSSDC, Ready for Electronic Access

Time span: 1972-03-03 to 1975-01-01

Description

The Helium Vector Magnetometer (HVM) measurements of interplanetary magnetic fields are averaged at one-hour intervals with respect to Spacecraft Event Time (UT). Data set parameters include the three orthogonal components of the magnetic field in RTN coordinates, where R is in the sun-s/c direction, T is the cross product of the solar rotation axis and R, and N is the cross product of R and T. The hourly field magnitude, averaged over scalar magnitudes at higher time resolution, is also provided. All field values are in nanotelsa. Data are available from launch through the time of instrument failure in 1975.

This data set is accessible on-line, either by anonymous FTP login at nssdcftp.gsfc.nasa.gov and directory spacecraft_data/pioneer/pioneer10/mag/, or via the World Wide Web at the following URL address:

ftp://nssdcftp.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacecraft_data/pioneer/pioneer10/mag/

Archive

  • National Space Science Data Center

Discipline

  • Space Physics: Heliospheric Studies

Old NSSDC ID

  • 72-012A-01K

Additional Information

Spacecraft

Experiments

Questions or comments about this data collection can be directed to: Dr. John F. Cooper.

 

Personnel

NameRoleOriginal AffiliationE-mail
Dr. Edward J. SmithData ProviderNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratoryedward.j.smith@jpl.nasa.gov
Ms. Joyce E. WolfGeneral ContactNASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJoyce.E.Wolf@jpl.nasa.gov

Selected References

Smith, E. J., et al., Measuring the magnetic fields of Jupiter and the outer solar system, IEEE Trans. Magnet., MAG-11, No. 4, 962-980, July 1975.

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