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    • GIOTTO MAGNETOMETER 8 SECOND DATA V1.0

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    The main objective of the Giotto Magnetometer Experiment is the investigation of the interaction between Comet Halley and the solar wind at a distance of 0.9 AU from the Sun, to within 500 km of the cometary nucleus. A second objective is the study of the interplanetary magnetic field. The instrumentation consists of a triaxial and a separate biaxial system of fluxgate sensors of the ring-core type, the associated analogue electronics and a digital processor. The measuring ranges of +/- 16 nT, +/- 64 nT, etc., up to +/- 65536 nT are digitis- ed by a 12-bit analogue-to-digital converter, allowing a sampling rate of 28.24 vectors per second at encounter. Memory modes allow the bridging of gaps in telemetry coverage of up to ten days. The total mass of the instrument is 1360 g and its power consumption 820 mW.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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    https://pds.nasa.gov

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.gio-c-mag-4-rdr-halley-8sec-v1.0_wj5d-fhsw
    Data First Published 2021-05-21
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=GIO-C-MAG-4-RDR-HALLEY-8SEC-V1.0
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Program Code 026:005
    Related Documents https://pds.nasa.gov
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 8f7dc90dd692e1b49ef0760d4547ad238bf27da23fa17b3238a83ec72e6a59af
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