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INSTRUMENT: TRIAXIAL FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETER
SPACECRAFT: VOYAGER 2
Instrument Information
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Instrument Id : MAG Instrument Host Id : VG2 Pi Pds User Id : NNESS Principal Investigator : NORMAN F. NESS Instrument Name : TRIAXIAL FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETER Instrument Type : MAGNETOMETER Build Date : 1977-08-20 Instrument Mass : 5.600000 Instrument Length : 13.000000 Instrument Width : UNK Instrument Height : UNK Instrument Serial Number : UNK Instrument Manufacturer Name : UNK
Instrument Description
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The magnetic field experiment carried out on the Voyager 2 mission consists of dual low field (LFM) and high field magnetometer (HFM) systems. The dual systems provide greater reliability and, in the case of the LFM's, permit the separation of the spacecraft magnetic fields from the ambient fields. Additional reliability is achieved through electronics redundancy. The wide dynamic ranges of +/- 0.002 G for the LFM's and +/- 20 G for the HFM's, low quantization uncertainty (+/- 12.4, 488 nanoTesla respectively), low sensor RMS noise level (0.006 nanoTesla), and the use of data compaction schemes to optimize the experiment information rate all combine to permit the study of a broad spectrum of phenomena during themission.
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