Ion fit data from the Plasma experiment (PLS) on Voyager 1 in Saturn's magnetosphere. The data set provides 96 second ion mass, charge, number of ion species, density, thermal speed, velocity for the first and second ion species.

 
Citation Richardson, J.D., VG1-S-PLS-5-SUMM-IONFIT-96SEC-V1.0, VOYAGER 1 SATURN PLASMA DERIVED ION FITS 96 SEC, NASA Planetary Data System, 2002.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.17189/1519922
Data Set Abstract THIS DATA SET CONTAINS THE ION PARAMETERS IN THE PLS VOLTAGE RANGE (10-5950 EV/Q) WITH FORMAL 1 SIGMA ERRORS OBTAINED FROM VOYAGER 1 DATA AT SATURN BY FITTING THE MEASURED SPECTRA WITH ISOTROPIC MAXWELLIAN DISTRIBUTIONS TO OBTAIN PLASMA DENSITIES, TEMPERATURES, AND VELOCITY. ONLY SPECTRA WHICH HAD DISTINCT CURRENT PEAKS WERE FIT. SPECTRA WERE FIT USING ONE OR TWO ION SPECIES, PROTONS AND/OR A HEAVY ION WHICH WAS TAKEN TO BE NITROGEN OUTSIDE OF 14 RS AND OXYGEN ELSEWHERE. OUTSIDE L=10-12 ION SPECTRA CHANGE RAPIDLY, SO THE VALUES IN THIS DATA SET DO NOT REPRESENT AVERAGE PLASMA CONDITIONS IN THE OUTER MAGNETOSPHERE. THE VALUES FOR POSITION AND MAGNETIC FIELD GIVEN IN THE DATA SET ARE ONLY APPROXIMATE AND SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR PUBLICATION. PARAMETERS WHICH ARE IDENTICALLY 0 AND HAVE UNCERTAINTIES OF 0 WERE NOT FIT DUE TO INSUFFICIENT DATA; THESE NUMBERS ARE THUS NOT REAL VALUES. A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THIS DATA SET IS GIVEN IN RICHARDSON (1986).
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    Mission Information VOYAGER
    Data Set Information VG1-S-PLS-5-SUMM-IONFIT-96SEC-V1.0
    Instrument Host Information VG1
    Instrument Information PLS
    Target Information SATURN