MAGELLAN SOLAR CORONA AND FARADAY ROTATION V1.0

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This data set contains raw and partially processed data from observations of Magellan radio transmissions while the signal was passing through the solar corona. Scintillations on the signal can be related to structure and motion of the coronal material [WOO1993]; polarization of the signal can be used to infer magnetic field within the plasma. Data were acquired using stations of the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN). The Magellan spacecraft transmitted signals that were 100 percent linearly polarized at 13 cm and right-elliptically polarized at 3.6 cm. During summer 1992, when Magellan was in solar superior conjunction, the spacecraft came within 0.6 solar radii of the Sun's center when viewed from Earth.

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Complete Metadata

bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.mgn-ss-rss-1-odr-openloop-sw-scint-v1.0
issued	2021-05-21
landingPage	https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=MGN-SS-RSS-1-ODR-OPENLOOP-SW-SCINT-V1.0
programCode	[ "026:005" ]
references	[ "https://pds.nasa.gov" ]
theme	[ "Earth Science" ]