The plasma experiment on the 1977 Voyager mission

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Dec 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977ssrv...21..259b&link_type=abstract

Space Science Reviews, vol. 21, Dec. 1977, p. 259-287.

Physics

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Plasma Diagnostics, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Voyager Project, Io, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Plasma Flux Measurement, Solar Wind

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Two Faraday cup plasma detectors, one pointing along and one at right angles to the earth-spacecraft line, are employed in the Voyager project plasma experiment. The earth-pointing detector, consisting of three differently oriented Faraday cups, is expected to provide data on plasma conditions between 1 and 20 AU, with coverage of proton and electron energy ranges from 10 to 5950 eV and subsonic to highly supersonic (M approximately equal to 100) flows. Objectives of the plasma experiment include studies of the properties and radial evolution of the solar wind, plasma properties near Io, and the interaction of the solar wind with Saturn and Titan.

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