VOYAGER 2 SATURN PLASMA DERIVED ION MOMENTS 96 SEC

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THIS DATA SET CONTAINS ESTIMATES OF THE ION MOMENT DENSITY IN THE PLS VOLTAGE RANGE (10-5950 EV/Q) AT SATURN DURING THE VOYAGER 2 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.

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Complete Metadata

bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.vg2-s-pls-5-summ-ion-mom-96sec-v1.0_msif-q8rf
issued	2021-05-21
landingPage	https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=VG2-S-PLS-5-SUMM-ION-MOM-96SEC-V1.0
programCode	[ "026:005" ]
references	[ "https://pds.nasa.gov" ]
theme	[ "Earth Science" ]