Pioneer 10 Trapped Radiation Detector (TRD) 1-Hour Count Rates

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Authors: R. Walker Fillius
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Abstract

Hourly count rates from UCSD Trapped Radiation Detector (TRD) carried on Pioneer 10. Included are four rates, C1 and C3 from the Cerenkov counter and M1L and M3L from the Minimum Ionizing Particle Counter. C1 corresponds to >480 MeV/n ions (typically 80% protons and 20% Z>1 nuclei). C3 corresponds to >650 MeV/n ions (typically 30% protons and 70% Z>1 nuclei). M1L corresponds to >80 MeV/n ions (typically 90% protons and 10% Z>1 nuclei). M3L corresponds to 80-300 MeV protons (50%) and >80 MeV/n Z>1 nuclei (50%). The data are ftp-accessible in annual ASCII files and via FTPBrowser. The hourly averages were computed at NSSDC from 30-min data still offline (as of Feb. 2009).

Fields of Study & Subjects

Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Particle Detector Development and Performance

Publication details

Journal / source
Space Physics Data Facility
Publication date
10 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Dataset