Bundle Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:a12sws_raw_arcsav::1.0
NAME Apollo 12 ALSEP ARCSAV Solar Wind Spectrometer Raw Cleaned ASCII Data Bundle
TYPE Archive
DESCRIPTION This bundle contains fixed-width ASCII files of daily, raw cleaned measurements acquired by the Solar Wind Spectrometer (SWS) at the Apollo 12 landing site for the time span of 03 April through 01 July 1975. These data were extracted from NASA's original Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) archive tapes, also known as ARCSAV tapes.
SEARCH/ACCESS DATA Apollo 12 ALSEP ARCSAV Solar Wind Spectrometer Raw Cleaned ASCII Data Archive Online
   
Citation
DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI) 10.17189/1518440
AUTHOR LIST Nakamura, Y.; Nagihara, S.
EDITOR LIST Williams, D.R.; McLaughlin, S.A.
PUBLICATION YEAR 2018
DESCRIPTION This bundle contains fixed-width ASCII files of daily, raw cleaned measurements acquired by the Solar Wind Spectrometer (SWS) at the Apollo 12 landing site for the time span of 03 April through 01 July 1975. These data were extracted from NASA's original Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) archive tapes, also known as ARCSAV tapes.
   
Context
START DATE TIME 1975-04-02T11:55:08.448Z
STOP DATE TIME 1975-07-01T11:59:47.871Z
LOCAL MEAN SOLAR TIME
LOCAL TRUE SOLAR TIME
SOLAR LONGITUDE
PRIMARY RESULT PURPOSE SCIENCE
PRIMARY RESULT PROCESSING LEVEL Raw
PRIMARY RESULT DESCRIPTION Electron and positive ion flux measurements taken on the surface of the Moon by the Apollo 12 Solar Wind Spectrometer during the time span of 03 April through 01 July 1975. The instrument observed the directional intensities of the electron (6-1330 eV) and positive ion (18-9780 eV) components of the solar wind and magnetotail plasma that strike the surface of the Moon. The scientific objectives were to study the existence of the solar wind plasma on the Moon, the properties of the lunar surface and interior, general solar wind properties, and the magnetospheric tail of the Earth.
PRIMARY RESULT WAVELENGTH RANGE
PRIMARY RESULT DOMAIN
PRIMARY RESULT DISCIPLINE NAME
INVESTIGATION APOLLO 12
OBSERVING SYSTEM
OBSERVING SYSTEM COMPONENT Apollo 12 ALSEP
Apollo 12 Solar Wind Spectrometer
TARGET MOON
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Collections
DATA COLLECTION Apollo 12 ALSEP ARCSAV Solar Wind Spectrometer Raw Cleaned ASCII Data Collection (1975-093 to 1975-182)
DOCUMENT COLLECTION Apollo 12 ALSEP ARCSAV Solar Wind Spectrometer Raw Cleaned ASCII Document Collection (1975-093 to 1975-182)