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    • VOYAGER 1 SATURN PLASMA DERIVED ION MOMENTS 96 SEC

    Metadata Updated: April 10, 2025

    THIS DATA SET CONTAINS ESTIMATES OF THE ION MOMENT DENSITY IN THE PLS VOLTAGE RANGE (10-5950 EV/Q) AT SATURN DURING THE VOYAGER 1 ENCOUNTER. RIGID COROTATION IS ASSUMED, WHICH LEADS TO AN UNDERESTIMATE OF THE DENSITY IN SOME REGIONS, AS DOES THE USE OF AN ACCEPTANCE AREA RELEVANT FOR A COLD BEAM FOR PLASMA WHICH IS TRANSONIC IN SOME REGIONS. DENSITIES MAY BE UNDERESTIMATED BY A FACTOR OF 2-3 IN THE INNER MAGNETOSPHERE, SO THIS DATA SET SHOULD BE USED PRIMARILY FOR STUDIES USING VARIATIONS IN PLASMA DENSITY. THE FIT DENSITIES GIVE A BETTER ESTIMATE OF THE ABSOLUTE DENSITY. THIS IS THE DATA SHOWN AND DESCRIBED IN DETAIL IN LAZARUS AND MCNUTT (1983).

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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 April 10, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2025
    Publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.vg1-s-pls-5-summ-ionmom-96sec-v1.0_58si-brct
    Data First Published 2021-05-21
    Data Last Modified 2025-03-31
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 3de24fef-bca5-4e5c-850d-c4fd5de0574b
    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=VG1-S-PLS-5-SUMM-IONMOM-96SEC-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 c7193c4b7796e587e96a405a0a150e8711dbadcbb7a09e9bfc0cbf3aa9902424
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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