Voyager Magnetometer (MAG)
The Voyager Magnetometer Experiment (MAG) is one
of ten experiments carried onboard the two Voyager spacecraft.
Voyager MAG consists of two low field magnetometers and two high field
magnetometers that together provide measurement of fields from 0.02 nT
to 2,000,000 nT (20 G). The Voyager magnetometers were built at
NASA GSFC
where the project resides. The magnetometers provide direct
field measurement of both the planetary and the interplanetary plasma media.
Having completed their exploration of the outer planets, the Voyager
magnetometers are now a key component of
the
Voyager Interstellar Mission,
collecting measurements of magnetic fields far from the Sun.
Research efforts continue as the two Voyagers fly on towards the heliopause
and the interstellar media that lays beyond.
Visit the official
Voyager Magnetometer Experiment
home page.
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Last updated 26 August 2003