This data set contains solar wind characteristics and pickup ions from the New Horizons Prime and Extended mission, derived from data from the New Horizons Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument.

 
Citation McComas, D., Elliott, H., Mukherjee, J., NEW HORIZONS SWAP DERIVED SOLAR WIND DATA V2.0, NH-X-SWAP-5-DERIVED-SOLARWIND-V2.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 2023.
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Data Set Abstract 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. This archive contains two data products. For the solar wind derived product each product compiles the CODMAC level 2 source data used, the solar wind proton density, proton speed, proton temerature, proton dynamic pressure, proton thermal pressure, and spacecraft position. For the pickup ion derived product the interstellar pickup ion density, temperature, and pressure is provided. For the solar wind, the data is derived from observations obtained during cruise, Pluto encounter (excluding the period inside the Pluto system), and afterwards. For the pickup ion data, the data set was culled for times when the solar wind speed varied over the ~24 hour period by >1% (~13% of the samples). This is VERSION 2.0 of this data set. The pickup ion data and additional solar wind data what is new to this version.
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    Mission Information NEW HORIZONS KUIPER BELT EXTENDED MISSION
    NEW HORIZONS
    NEW HORIZONS KUIPER BELT EXTENDED MISSION
    Data Set Information NH-X-SWAP-5-DERIVED-SOLARWIND-V2.0
    Instrument Host Information NH
    Instrument Information SWAP
    Target Information INTERSTELLAR PARTICLES