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Jovian Encounter, 36-Sec Fluxgate Magnetometer Averages, on Tape

NSSDC ID: 73-019A-14C
Mission Name: Pioneer 11
Experiment Name: Jovian Magnetic Field

Availability: Data at NSSDC Ready for Distribution
Time Span: 1974-12-03 to 1974-12-03 (as determined by NSSDC)

Description

This data set consists of the highest resolution magnetic measurements made
with the fluxgate magnetometer during the Pioneer 11 encounter of Jupiter.
The time resolution varies from about 23 to 71 seconds. The data are on one
ASCII magnetic tape. Each data record contains spacecraft position
information (Jovicentric distance in Jupiter radii, latitude, and west
longitude system III 1957), magnetic field spherical polar components in
Gauss in a Jovicentric coordinate system, and the time in seconds from the
start of Dec. 3, 1974. The first 13 records contain a description of the
data. There are 8.1 hours of data, from 6.0 Jupiter radii inbound to 6.0
Jupiter radii outbound, and a 0.8-h gap at perijove due mainly to spacecraft
occultation. West longitude in system III 1965 may be obtained by
subtracting 30.133 from the spacecraft longitude contained in this data set.
See Mead, J. Geophys. Res., v. 81, p. 3514, for a discussion of the relevant
coordinate systems.
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Discipline(s)

    Planetary Science/Fields and Particles

Archive Locations

    National Space Science Data Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Media Information

    1 Restored Tape

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NASA Official: J. H. King, king@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
Last Updated: 1995-10-10
Output Generated: 1996-03-04
Programming by: E. V. Bell, II