Instrument Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg1.pls::1.2
NAME Plasma Science Experiment for VG1
TYPE Spectrometer
DESCRIPTION The Plasma Science Experiment for Voyager 1 measures the properties of space plasmas, including density, temperature, and velocity of solar wind and interstellar plasma.
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NAIF INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIER
SERIAL NUMBER not applicable
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Bridge, H.S., J.W. Belcher, R.J. Butler, A.J. Lazarus, A.M. Mavretic, J.D. Sullivan, G.L. Siscoe, and V.M. Vasyliunas, The Plasma Experiment on the 1977 Voyager Mission, Space Sci. Rev., Vol. 21, p. 259, 1977.

Bridge, H.S., J.W. Belcher, A.J. Lazarus, J.D. Sullivan, R.L. McNutt, F. Bagenal, J.D. Scudder, E.C. Sittler, G.L. Siscoe, V.M. Vasyliunas, C.K. Goertz, and C.M. Yeates, Plasma Observations Near Jupiter: Initial Results from Voyager 1, Science, Vol. 204, p. 987, 1979.

Scudder, J.D., E.C. Sittler, and H.S. Bridge, Survey of the Plasma Electron Environment of Jupiter: A View from Voyager, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 86, p. 8157, 1981.

Sittler, E.C., Jr., Plasma Electron Analysis: Voyager Plasma Science Experiment, NASA Tech. Mem. 85037, 1983.