NSSDCA ID: PSFP-00263
Availability: Archived at NSSDC, accessible from elsewhere
Time span: 0007-01-01 to 0007-06-27
This volume contains raw data taken by the New Horizons Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation instrument during the Jupiter encounter mission phase.
There are PEPSSI data in the Jupiter phase from day 6 to day 178 of 2007. This period can be separated into three sub-intervals: upstream from day 6 to 50; encounter from day 50 to 68; tail from day 68, to ~178. The divisions are arbitrary, but provide a coarse characterization of the data taken during this phase. Flux measurements clearly indicate the approach and recession of NH from Jupiter, and PEPSSI's compositional measurements show, H, He, O, and S, sulfur being a clear signature of Io's volcanic activity. When the sun passed through the PEPSSI FOV, the instrument was safed by ramping down the bias voltage and high voltage. This period does include some tests designed to investigate the instrument's performance under high-rate conditions, but is dominated by data intended for scientific study of Juptier's magnetosphere, deep magnetotail, and upstream regions.
This is PDS data set NH-J-PEPSSI-2-JUPITER-V1.0 contained on volume NHJUPE_1001 and is available online at
http://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/holdings/nh-j-pepssi-2-jupiter-v1.0/
Questions and comments about this data collection can be directed to: Dr. David R. Williams
Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. Alan Stern | Data Provider | NASA Headquarters | alan.stern@nasa.gov |
Dr. Joseph Peterson | General Contact | Southwest Research Institute | joe@boulder.swri.edu |