NSSDCA ID: PSFP-00054
Availability: At NSSDC, Ready for Offline Distribution (or Staging if Digital)
Time span: 1978-12-05 to 1980-06-07
This data set consists of summary plots from the Pioneer Venus Orbiter magnetometer and electric field detector instruments, on monochrome microfiche cards. The first panel on each card contains a 24-h time series of the vector magnetometer data with the three Cartesian components in the spacecraft coordinate system and the total field strength given in gammas. The time resolution of the data is 1-min. Calibration and telemetry spikes are common, but easily recognized. The second panel plots 2-min peak values and average values for the spectral amplitude in each channel of the electric field detector: 30 kHz, 5.4 kHz, 730 Hz, and 100 Hz. The third plot gives 1-min averages of the electric field phase in the 5.4 kHz channel, together with the number of points used in the computation of the magnetic field and the standard deviations of the magnetic field (components and total). The fourth panel gives engineering and ephemeris information, including instrument temperatures, spacecraft altitude, and solar zenith angle. The next three panels include the highest resolution magnetometer and electric field data for the 18-min on either side of periapsis. The final 24 panels on each card are alternating 2-h summaries of the 24-s average magnetic and electric fields.
Questions and comments about this data collection can be directed to: Dr. H. Kent Hills
Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. Christopher T. Russell | General Contact | University of California, Los Angeles | ctrussell@igpp.ucla.edu |