Instrument Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:vg2.mag::1.2
NAME Triaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer for VG2
TYPE Magnetometer
DESCRIPTION The Triaxial Fluxgate Magnetometer for Voyager 2 detects and analyzes magnetic fields in planetary and interstellar environments.
MODEL IDENTIFIER
NAIF INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIER
SERIAL NUMBER not applicable
REFERENCES Acuna, M.H., L.F. Burlaga, R.P. Lepping, and N.F. Ness, Initial Results from the Voyager 1 and 2 Magnetic Field Experiments, Proceedings of the Solar Wind IV Conference, Burghausen, 1978, H. Rosenbauer (Ed.), Max Planck Institut, Rept. No. MPAE-W-100-81-31, 1981.

Behannon, K.W., M.H. Acuna, L.F. Burlaga, R.P. Lepping, N.F. Ness, and F.M. Neubauer, Magnetic Field Experiment for Voyagers 1 and 2, Space Sci. Rev., Vol. 21, p. 235, 1977.

Ness, N.F., K.W. Behannon, R.P. Lepping, and K.H. Schatten, Use of Two Magnetometers for Magnetic Field Measurements on a Spacecraft, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 76, p. 3564, 1971.

Ness, N.F., M.H. Acuna, R.P. Lepping, L.F. Burlaga, K.W. Behannon, and F.M. Neubauer, Magnetic Field Studies at Jupiter by Voyager 2: Preliminary Results, Science, Vol. 206, p. 966, 1979.