MAVEN Magnetic Field Investigation

Connerney, J.E.P.

Mars Atmoshere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) Community Meeting held in conjunction with the Fall 2012 American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting, 2 Dec 2012.

Data Referenced

• Planetocentric (PC) coordinate systems
  • The PC coordinate system is body-fixed and rotates with the body as it spins on its axis. In the PC system, the Z-axis lies along the body rotation axis and is positive in the direction of angular momentum. The X-axis lies in the equatorial plane of the body, perpendicular to Z and in the direction of the prime meridian as defined by the IAU. The Y axis completes the right-handed set.
  • 1998-208, ASCII, 12.7 Mbytes
  • 1998-209, ASCII, 9.2 Mbytes
  • 1998-210, ASCII, 10.8 Mbytes
• Sun-State (SS) coordinate systems
  • In the SS coordinate system, the X-axis lies along the instantaneous Mars-Sun vector and is positive toward the Sun. The negative of Mars' velocity vector is a second (Y) reference vector, so the vector cross product of X and Y yields a Z vector parallel to the northward (upward) normal of the orbit plane of Mars.
  • 1998-208, ASCII, 12.7 Mbytes
  • 1998-209, ASCII, 9.2 Mbytes
  • 1998-210, ASCII, 10.8 Mbytes
• RSM Plots
  • 1998-208, Postscript, 1.2 Mbytes
  • 1998-209, Postscript, 0.9 Mbytes
  • 1998-210, Postscript, 1.1 Mbytes