Collection Information
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IDENTIFIER |
urn:nasa:pds:a17lsg_raw_arcsav:data::1.0
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NAME |
Apollo 17 ALSEP ARCSAV Lunar Surface Gravimeter Raw Cleaned ASCII Data Collection (1975-092 to 1975-181)
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TYPE |
Data
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DESCRIPTION |
This collection contains fixed-width ASCII files of daily raw cleaned science
measurements acquired by the Lunar Surface Gravimeter (LSG) at the Apollo 17 landing site for
the time span of 02 April through 30 June 1975. These data were extracted from NASA's original
Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) archive tapes, also known as ARCSAV tapes,
that recorded 24-hour, time-edited, and rearranged raw binary data transmitted from the Moon.
The extracted binary data were corrected for obvious tape read errors then transformed to
ASCII format for this archive. This collection also includes ASCII files of LSG-related
command verification and raw analog housekeeping data extracted from the ARCSAV binary
files.
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SEARCH/ACCESS DATA |
Apollo 17 ALSEP ARCSAV Lunar Surface Gravimeter Raw Cleaned ASCII Data Data Archive Online
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Citation |
DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI) |
10.17189/1518453 (from parent bundle)
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AUTHOR LIST |
Nakamura, Y.; Nagihara, S.
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EDITOR LIST |
Williams, D.R.; McLaughlin, S.A.
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PUBLICATION YEAR |
2018
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DESCRIPTION |
This collection contains fixed-width ASCII files of daily raw cleaned science
measurements acquired by the Lunar Surface Gravimeter (LSG) at the Apollo 17 landing site for
the time span of 02 April through 30 June 1975. These data were extracted from NASA's original
Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) archive tapes, also known as ARCSAV tapes,
that recorded 24-hour, time-edited, and rearranged raw binary data transmitted from the Moon.
The extracted binary data were corrected for obvious tape read errors then transformed to
ASCII format for this archive. This collection also includes ASCII files of LSG-related
command verification and raw analog housekeeping data extracted from the ARCSAV binary
files.
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Context |
START DATE TIME |
1975-04-01T11:59:59.429Z
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STOP DATE TIME |
1975-06-30T11:59:59.905Z
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LOCAL MEAN SOLAR TIME |
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LOCAL TRUE SOLAR TIME |
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SOLAR LONGITUDE |
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PRIMARY RESULT PURPOSE |
SCIENCE
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PRIMARY RESULT PROCESSING LEVEL |
Raw
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PRIMARY RESULT DESCRIPTION |
Seismic, tidal, and free-mode measurements taken on the surface of the Moon by
the Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Gravimeter during the time span of 02 April through 30 June 1975
to determine gravitational acceleration and its temporal variations, vertical components of
lunar natural seismicity, deformation due to tidal force, and free oscillations of the Moon
induced by gravitational waves from cosmic sources (null result).
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PRIMARY RESULT WAVELENGTH RANGE |
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PRIMARY RESULT DOMAIN |
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PRIMARY RESULT DISCIPLINE NAME |
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INVESTIGATION |
APOLLO 17
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OBSERVING SYSTEM |
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OBSERVING SYSTEM COMPONENT |
Apollo 17 ALSEP
Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Gravimeter
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TARGET |
MOON
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REFERENCES |
Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report, NASA SP-330, NASA, Washington, D.C.,
1973.
Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package Systems Handbook: Apollo 17,
ALSEP 5 - Array E / Document Change 1, Unnumbered, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston,
Texas, 8 August 1972, updated 6 October 1972.
Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package: Apollo 17 ALSEP (Array E)
Familiarization Course Handout, NASA CR-128636, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas,
September 1972.
Bates, J.R., W.W. Lauderdale, and H. Kernaghan, ALSEP termination report,
NASA Reference Publication Series, NASA-RP-1036, 162 pages, published by NASA, Washington,
D.C., 1979.
Davies, M.E., and T.R. Colvin, Lunar coordinates in the regions of the Apollo
landers, Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 105, Issue E8, pages 20,227-20,280,
2000.
Lauderdale, W.W., and W.F. Eichelman, Apollo Scientific Experiments Data
Handbook, NASA, TM-X-58131, Houston, Texas, August 1974, updated August 1976.
Nagihara, S., Y. Nakamura, L.R. Lewis, D.R. Williams, P.T. Taylor, E.J.
Grayzeck, P. Chi, and G.K. Schmidt, Search and Recovery Efforts for the ALSEP Data Tapes, 42nd
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 7-11, 2011 at The Woodlands, Texas, Lunar
and Planetary Institute Contribution No. 1608, Abstract 1103, 2011.
Nagihara, S., Y. Nakamura, D.R. Williams, P.T. Taylor, W.S. Kiefer, M.A.
Hager, and H.K. Hills, Availability Of Previously Unprocessed ALSEP Raw Instrument Data and
Derivative Data and Metadata Products, 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March
21-25, 2016 at The Woodlands, Texas, Lunar and Planetary Institute Contribution No. 1903,
Abstract 1194, 2016.
Nunn, C., R.F. Garcia, Y. Nakamura, A.G. Marusiak, T. Kawamura, D. Sun, L.
Margerin, R. Weber, M. Drilleau. M.A. Wieczorek, A. Khan, A. Rivoldini, P.Lognonne, P. Zhu, Lunar
Seismology: a data and instrumentation review, Space Science Reviews, submitted
2019.
Giganti, J.J, J.V. Larson, J.P. Richard, R.L. Tobias, J. Weber, Lunar Surface
Gravimeter Experiment - Final Report to National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
NASA-CR-151203, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park,
Maryland, USA, 1977.
Tobias, R.L, The lunar surface gravimeter and the search for gravitational
radiation, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College
Park, Maryland, USA, 1978.
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