Lunar Prospector Magnetometer Calibrated Data Bundle Readme
1998-01-16 to 1999-07-29
Planetary Plasma Interactions Discipline Node
of the
Planetary Data System
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Introduction
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This bundle is organized into several collections, including:
data-lunarcrds, data-lunarfield, and document. PDS4 documentation is in all
XML. There is an XML label for every product in the archive.
The data-lunarcrds collection contains data from the Lunar Prospector
Magnetometer (MAG) Calibrated Lunar Coordinates data set. It contains all
data provided as ASCII tables of 1 day duration in Selenocentric Solar
Ecliptic (SSE) and Selenographic (SEL) coordinates for
1998-01-16 to 1999-07-29.
The data-lunarfield collection contains data from the Lunar Prospector
Magnetometer (MAG) Calibrated Magnetic Field Vector Components data set. It
contains all selected and filtered time series data at 5 second intervals
from the Lunar Prospector (LP) polar orbital mission to the Moon from
1998-01-16 to 1999-07-29.
Every effort has been made to insure that the data are of the best quality
available. However, users are encouraged to verify the correctness of the
data prior to submitting any publications or other work based on these
data and report any issues to PDS/PPI.
This bundle was migrated to PDS4 from the PDS3 data sets:
LP-L-MAG-4-LUNAR-FIELD-TS-V1.0 (https://10.17189/1519723),
LP-L-MAG-4-SUMM-LUNARCRDS-5SEC-V1.0 (https://10.17189/1519724).
These data were originally archived under PDS3 in the following volumes:
LP_1201, LP_1202, LP_1203.
This bundle complies with Planetary Data System 4 (PDS4) standards.
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Brief Bundle Description
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Lunar Prospector (LP) was a simple spin-stabilized spacecraft with a nominal
spin period of 5 seconds, operating in a circular, polar orbit around the
Moon. The orbit during the Primary Mission had a 118 minute period and
average altitude of about 100 km. The Primary Mission lasted for one year
starting on January 16, 1998 and ending on January 16, 1999. The spacecraft
orbit was then lowered to about 30 km to acquire higher resolution data
during a 6-month Extended Mission. The Extended Mission began on
January 16, 1999 and was completed on July 31, 1999. The mission ended when
the spacecraft impacted into the surface of the Moon.
The science goals of LP were to map the Moon's surface composition and its
magnetic and gravity fields, to determine the frequency and location of gas
release events, and to search for polar ice deposits. To meet these
objectives, LP had five science instruments, housed on three booms: a gamma
ray spectrometer, a neutron spectrometer, an alpha particle spectrometer, a
magnetometer, and an electron reflectometer. In addition, a gravity
experiment used Doppler tracking data to derive gravity measurements.
This bundle includes Magnetic field data from the Lunar Prospector
Magnetometer, averaged in 5-second intervals , in SEL and SSE coordinates
in units of nanotesla for dates 1998-01-16 to 1999-07-29, plus
spacecraft position data.
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Contacts
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This bundle was produced for the Planetary Data System (PDS) at the
Planetary Plasma Interactions (PPI) node.
For questions or problems regarding this bundle, please contact the PDS/PPI
operator:
Email pds_operator@igpp.ucla.edu
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