NSSDCA ID: 1973-019A-01
Mission Name: Pioneer 11The magnetometer on Pioneer 11 was a triaxial helium magnetometer with seven dynamic ranges, from plus or minus 2.5 nT to plus or minus 1.0E-3 T. The linearity was 0.1% and the noise threshold was 0.01 nT rms for 0-1 Hz. The accuracy was 0.5% of full scale range. The experimenter used RTN coordinates in the data analysis. In this system, R (or X) is radially outward from the sun, T (or Y) was parallel to the sun's equatorial plane and had its direction given by the cross product of the sun's spin vector into the radial direction (i.e., into R), and N (or Z) completed the right-handed orthogonal system (positive northward). A detailed instrument description may be found in Smith et al., IEEE Trans. On Magnetics, v. M-11, p. 962, July 1975. Data include the interplanetary region.
Questions and comments about this experiment can be directed to: Dr. John F. Cooper
Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. Charles P. Sonett | Other Investigator | University of Arizona | |
Prof. Paul J. Coleman, Jr. | Other Investigator | University of California, Los Angeles | |
Dr. Douglas E. Jones | Other Investigator | Brigham Young University | |
Dr. David S. Colburn | Other Investigator | NASA Ames Research Center | |
Dr. Leverett Davis, Jr. | Other Investigator | California Institute of Technology | |
Dr. Palmer Dyal | Other Investigator | NASA Ames Research Center | |
Dr. Edward J. Smith | Principal Investigator | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | edward.j.smith@jpl.nasa.gov |