Collection Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:nh_derived:ipm_solar_wind::1.0
NAME New Horizons Primary and Extended Missions: Solar Wind Parameters
TYPE Data
DESCRIPTION This data set presents characteristics of the solar wind derived from data taken by the New Horizons Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument as well as pickup ions. It contains two data products. The solar wind product each product compiles the CODMAC level 2 source data used, the solar wind proton density, proton speed, proton temperature, proton dynamic pressure, proton thermal pressure, and spacecraft position. These data were derived from observations obtained during cruise, Pluto encounter (excluding the period inside the Pluto system), and afterwards. The pickup ion product provides the interstellar pickup ion density, temperature, and pressure. These data were culled for times when the solar wind speed varied over the ~24 hour period by >1% (~13% of the samples). This PDS4 version was created by migrating labels (only) from the PDS3 V2.0 data set.
SEARCH/ACCESS DATA New Horizons Primary and Extended Missions: Solar Wind Parameters Online
   
Citation
DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI) 10.26007/ckra-rk53
AUTHORS McComas, D; Elliott, H.; Muhkerjee, J.
EDITORS Raugh, Anne C.
PUBLICATION YEAR 2025
DESCRIPTION This data set presents characteristics of the solar wind derived from data taken by the New Horizons Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument as well as pickup ions. It contains two data products. The solar wind product each product compiles the CODMAC level 2 source data used, the solar wind proton density, proton speed, proton temperature, proton dynamic pressure, proton thermal pressure, and spacecraft position. These data were derived from observations obtained during cruise, Pluto encounter (excluding the period inside the Pluto system), and afterwards. The pickup ion product provides the interstellar pickup ion density, temperature, and pressure. These data were culled for times when the solar wind speed varied over the ~24 hour period by >1% (~13% of the samples). This PDS4 version was created by migrating labels (only) from the PDS3 V2.0 data set.
   
Context
START DATE TIME 2008-10-10T09:07:14.000Z
STOP DATE TIME 2020-01-27T06:56:02.000Z
LOCAL MEAN SOLAR TIME
LOCAL TRUE SOLAR TIME
SOLAR LONGITUDE
PRIMARY RESULT PURPOSE Science
PRIMARY RESULT PROCESSING LEVEL Derived
PRIMARY RESULT DESCRIPTION
PRIMARY RESULT WAVELENGTH RANGE
PRIMARY RESULT DOMAIN
PRIMARY RESULT DISCIPLINE NAME
INVESTIGATION New Horizons
New Horizons Kuiper Belt Extended Mission 1
OBSERVING SYSTEM
OBSERVING SYSTEM COMPONENT New Horizons
Solar Wind Around Pluto
TARGET Solar Wind
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