This data set has 3-min resolution solar wind plasma parameters (flow speed and direction angles, ion thermal speed and density) from the MIT Faraday Cup on selenocentric Explorer 35 (AIMP 2, IMP E) spacecraft. There are geocentric and selenocentric spacecraft position data in the data records. The data are in annual ASCII files.
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This data set has 3-min resolution solar wind plasma parameters (flow speed and direction angles, ion thermal speed and density) from the MIT Faraday Cup on selenocentric Explorer 35 (AIMP 2, IMP E) spacecraft. There are geocentric and selenocentric spacecraft position data in the data records. The data are in annual ASCII files.
| Role | Person | StartDate | StopDate | Note | |
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| 1. | GeneralContact | spase://SMWG/Person/Alan.J.Lazarus |
This reference contains a citation to a descriptive 1967 J.Geophys.Res. paper by the MIT team.
In CDF via HTTP from SPDF
Made from aberration-corrected flow velocity
Both aberrated (columns 9 and 10) and unaberrated (columns 14 and 15) flow directions are given, first longitude then latitude.
flow latitude and longitude angles, aberrated and unaberrated
Geocentric X,Y,Z components of spacecraft position vector, in Earth radii, in columns 19-21.
GSE X,Y,Z components of position vector
Selenocentric Solar Ecliptic X,Y,Z components of spacecraft position vector, in lunar radii, in columns 22-24. One lunar radius is 0.273 of an Earth radius.
SSE X,Y,Z components of position vector