Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jhatd..11...63m&link_type=abstract
Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest (ISSN 0270-5214), vol. 11, Jan.-June 1990, p. 63-71. Research supported by NASA.
Physics
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Charged Particles, Planetary Environments, Radiation Detectors, Spacecraft Instruments, Voyager Project, Interplanetary Medium, Neptune (Planet), Planetary Magnetospheres
Scientific paper
An overview is presented of the structure and function of the Applied Physics Laboratory's low-energy charged particle (LECP) instrument used in NASA's Voyager program. The LECP experiment was designed to measure the intensity, energy spectra, composition, angular distributions, and spatial and temporal characteristics of ions and electrons that are encountered by the spacecraft. Scientific findings of previous planetary encounters are noted, and color energy-time spectrograms that summarize the LECP results at each planet are presented and analyzed. Some details of the encounter by Voyager 2 of Neptune are provided, noting that the characteristics of the trajectory that was used provided for close observation of Triton, observations of particle structures, and exploration of Neptune's polar cap. A schematic of Neptune's magnetosphere is provided and analyzed.
Keath Edwin P.
Krimigis Stamatios M.
Mauk Barry H.
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