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Vega 2 solar wind parameters (20-min)
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This data set is a 20-min-resolution collection of solar wind plasma parameters from the interplanetary phases of the Soviet Vega 2 mission to Comet Halley. The data consist of proton flow speeds, densities and temperatures determined by fitting counts-vs-energy data measured on the sunward-looking electrostatic analyzer to a convecting Maxwellian. There are actually two sets of parameters, one ("linear") obtained by minimizing the sum of squares of measured and modelled counts and the other ("log") used logs of counts rather than counts themselves. Also included are numbers of energy intervals used in the linear and log determinations less than and greater than the spectral peaks. The data are at 20-min resolution because the during cruise phase only one or two 10-sec spectra were determined every 20 minutes. Further, the data have long gaps between the first and last days of coverage. The major data gaps are +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Vega 1: Vega 2: ----------------------------------------------------------------+ 85/04/20 - 85/07/23 85/04/16 - 85/07/24 85/12/21 - 86/01/05 85/09/27 - 85/11/27 86/04/29 - 86/08/04 85/12/03 - 86/02/20 86/02/23 - 86/03/06 +----------------------------------------------------------------+ Discussions of this investigation are found in Gringauz et al (Nature, v321, p282, 1986), Galeev et al (JGR, v93, p7527, 1988) and references therein.
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ResourceName
Vega 2 solar wind parameters (20-min)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48322/b5t1-b454
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2026-02-17 15:07:02Z
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Description
This data set is a 20-min-resolution collection of solar wind plasma parameters from the interplanetary phases of the Soviet Vega 2 mission to Comet Halley. The data consist of proton flow speeds, densities and temperatures determined by fitting counts-vs-energy data measured on the sunward-looking electrostatic analyzer to a convecting Maxwellian. There are actually two sets of parameters, one ("linear") obtained by minimizing the sum of squares of measured and modelled counts and the other ("log") used logs of counts rather than counts themselves. Also included are numbers of energy intervals used in the linear and log determinations less than and greater than the spectral peaks. The data are at 20-min resolution because the during cruise phase only one or two 10-sec spectra were determined every 20 minutes. Further, the data have long gaps between the first and last days of coverage. The major data gaps are +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Vega 1: Vega 2: ----------------------------------------------------------------+ 85/04/20 - 85/07/23 85/04/16 - 85/07/24 85/12/21 - 86/01/05 85/09/27 - 85/11/27 86/04/29 - 86/08/04 85/12/03 - 86/02/20 86/02/23 - 86/03/06 +----------------------------------------------------------------+ Discussions of this investigation are found in Gringauz et al (Nature, v321, p282, 1986), Galeev et al (JGR, v93, p7527, 1988) and references therein.
Acknowledgement
Dr. M. Verigin of the Space Research Institute in Moscow.
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Authors
Verigin, Mikhail I.
PublicationDate
2025-11-14 16:03:00Z
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Space Physics Data Facility
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AccessInformation
RepositoryID
spase://SMWG/Repository/NASA/GSFC/SPDF
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
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Rights
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SPDX
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CC0-1.0
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https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
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Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
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CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products
AccessURL
Name
FTPS from SPDF (not with most browsers)
URL
ftps://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/zzz_old/vega_data_from_nssdc/plasma/
Description
FTP access to Vega mission data at NSSDC.
AccessURL
Name
HTTPS from SPDF
URL
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/zzz_old/vega_data_from_nssdc/plasma/
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In CDF via HTTP from SPDF
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Encoding
ASCII
Acknowledgement
The National Space Science Data Center(NSSDC), Space Physics Data Facility(SPDF).
InstrumentIDs
spase://SMWG/Instrument/Vega2/PLASMAG
MeasurementType
ThermalPlasma
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
1985-03-09 04:46:26Z
StopDate
1986-10-04 06:13:32Z
Cadence
PT20M
ObservedRegion
Heliosphere.Inner
ObservedRegion
Comet
Parameter #1
Name
Year
ParameterKey
Column 1
Description
Time of observation (year)
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
Month
ParameterKey
Column 2
Description
Time of observation (month of year)
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #3
Name
Day
ParameterKey
Column 3
Description
Time of observation (day of month)
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #4
Name
Hour
ParameterKey
Column 4
Description
Time of observation (hour of day)
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #5
Name
Minute
ParameterKey
Column 5
Description
Time of observation (minute)
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #6
Name
Second
ParameterKey
Column 6
Description
Time of observation (second)
Units
s
Support
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #7
Name
ID
ParameterKey
Column 7
Description
Spacecraft ID: * 1 = Vega 1 * 2 = Vega 2
ValidMin
1
ValidMax
2
Support
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #8
Name
Vp (lin)
ParameterKey
Column 8
Description
Proton speed (km/s), linear fit.
Units
km/s
UnitsConversion
1e3>m/s
FillValue
9999.90
Particle
ParticleType
Proton
Qualifier
Fit
Qualifier
Magnitude
ParticleQuantity
Velocity
AtomicNumber
1
EnergyRange
Low
50
High
25000
Units
eV
Parameter #9
Name
Vp (log)
ParameterKey
Column 9
Description
Proton speed (km/s), log fit.
Units
km/s
UnitsConversion
1e3>m/s
FillValue
9999.90
Particle
ParticleType
Proton
Qualifier
Fit
Qualifier
Magnitude
ParticleQuantity
Velocity
AtomicNumber
1
EnergyRange
Low
50
High
25000
Units
eV
Parameter #10
Name
Np (lin)
ParameterKey
Column 10
Description
Proton density (cm^-3), linear fit
Units
cm^-3
UnitsConversion
1e-6>m^-3
FillValue
999.990
Particle
ParticleType
Proton
Qualifier
Fit
ParticleQuantity
NumberDensity
AtomicNumber
1
EnergyRange
Low
50
High
25000
Units
eV
Parameter #11
Name
Np (log)
ParameterKey
Column 11
Description
Proton density (cm^-3), log fit
Units
cm^-3
UnitsConversion
1e-6>m^-3
FillValue
999.990
Particle
ParticleType
Proton
Qualifier
Fit
ParticleQuantity
NumberDensity
AtomicNumber
1
EnergyRange
Low
50
High
25000
Units
eV
Parameter #12
Name
Tp (lin)
ParameterKey
Column 12
Description
Proton temperature (K), linear fit
Units
K
FillValue
0.1E35
Particle
ParticleType
Proton
Qualifier
Fit
ParticleQuantity
Temperature
AtomicNumber
1
EnergyRange
Low
50
High
25000
Units
eV
Parameter #13
Name
Tp (log)
ParameterKey
Column 13
Description
Proton temperature (K), log fit
Units
K
FillValue
0.1E35
Particle
ParticleType
Proton
Qualifier
Fit
ParticleQuantity
Temperature
AtomicNumber
1
EnergyRange
Low
50
High
25000
Units
eV
Parameter #14
Name
Code
ParameterKey
Column 14
Description
4-digit number abcd that codes the number of ion energy intervals used in lin (a+b+1) or log (c+d+1) maxwellian fitting procedures. * a,c - number of intervals used with energies less than energy of ion spectra maximum. * b,d - number of intervals used with energies more than energy of ion spectra maximum.
Support
SupportQuantity
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