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Data Set Overview
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This dataset contains the Galileo spacecraft trajectory data sampled
every minute for Aug. 28, 1993. The spacecraft closest approach to
the asteroid was at 16:52:07 at a range of about 2410 km. The
trajectory data are provided in two coordinate systems, Ida-centric
Solar Ecliptic (IdaSE) and Heliographic (HG) coordinates. The
position of the spacecraft has been extracted from the SPICE kernels
provided by the project. The time tags are the exact times for which
the S/C position was calculated. The time tag is spacecraft event
time (SCET) given in universal time (UT).
Primary Dataset Reference:
Kivelson, M.G., Z. Wang, S. Joy, K.K. Khurana, C. Polanskey,
D.J. Southwood, and R.J. Walker, 'Solar Wind Interactions with
Small Bodies: 2. What Can Galileo's Detection of Magnetic
Rotations Tell Us About GASPRA and IDA', Advances in Space
Research, 1995. [KIVELSONETAL1995]
Data
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Table 1. Data record structure
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Column Description
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time S/C event time (UT) given in PDS time format
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sssZ
X S/C distance from Ida in the X-direction in IdaSE
coordinates
Y S/C distance from Ida in the Y-direction in IdaSE
coordinates
Z S/C distance from Ida in the Z-direction in IdaSE
coordinates
R S/C radial distance from the sun
LAT S/C solar latitude
LON S/C solar (east) longitude
Missing data values = 9999999.9 and 99999.999
Fortran Format of the data file: (1X, A24, 3F11.1,3F11.5)
Coordinate Systems
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The data are archived in two coordinate systems, IdaSE and IHG
(1950). IdaSE Idacentric Solar Ecliptic (IdaSE) is a Ida centered
coordinate system defined by the primary vector along the
instantaneous Ida->Sun (ISun) line and the Earth's ecliptic north
pole (ENP) as the secondary vector. In this coordinate system:
X is the ISun unit vector taken to be positive towards the sun.
Y is the formed by the unitized cross product ENP x ISun
Z completes the right handed set (Z = X x Y)
such that the X-Z plane contains the ecliptic north pole.
The data are also provided in inertial heliographic (epoch 1950)
coordinates. The radial direction is taken along the instantaneous
Sun->S/C line, positive away from the sun. Latitude is the angle the
radial vector makes with the sun's equatorial plane at the reference
epoch, positive above the equator. Longitude is measured from the
longitude of the ascending node. At the reference epoch, the
inclination of the Sun's north pole was 7 deg 15 min and the
longitude of the ascending node can be computed using the formula:
Node = 74 deg 22 min + 0.84 min (year - 1900)
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CITATION_DESCRIPTION |
Joy, S.P., Mafi, J.N.,
GALILEO ORBITER A POS IDA FLYBY TRAJ V1.0,
GO-A-POS-6-IDA-FLYBY-TRAJ-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 1995
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