SWAP

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SWAP is a scientific instrument aboard NASA's New Horizons spacecraft designed to measure the solar wind and its interaction with Pluto’s atmosphere and the outer heliosphere.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf solar wind instrument ⓘ
spacecraft instrument ⓘ
aboard New Horizons ⓘ
acronymFor Solar Wind Around Pluto ⓘ
collaboratesWith Alice ⓘ
PEPSSI ⓘ
contributesTo characterization of heliospheric structure ⓘ
models of solar wind interaction with dwarf planets ⓘ
understanding of atmospheric escape at Pluto ⓘ
dataType in-situ plasma measurements ⓘ
designedFor low-density solar wind at large heliocentric distances ⓘ
flybyDateAtPluto 2015-07-14 ⓘ
fullName Solar Wind Around Pluto ⓘ
hostStar Sun ⓘ
launchDate 2006-01-19 ⓘ
locatedOn New Horizons spacecraft payload deck ⓘ
measures ion energy distribution ⓘ
ion flux ⓘ
solar wind alpha particles ⓘ
solar wind density ⓘ
solar wind ions ⓘ
solar wind protons ⓘ
solar wind speed ⓘ
solar wind temperature ⓘ
missionAgency NASA New Frontiers Program ⓘ
missionPhaseUsage Pluto flyby ⓘ
cruise to Pluto ⓘ
post-Pluto Kuiper Belt cruise ⓘ
missionStatus operational (as of 2024) ⓘ
operatedBy NASA ⓘ
operationalEnvironment deep space ⓘ
partOfMission New Horizons mission ⓘ
linked to: New Horizons
primaryObjective measure solar wind at Pluto ⓘ
study interaction of solar wind with Pluto’s atmosphere ⓘ
study solar wind in the outer heliosphere ⓘ
scienceTeamLeadInstitution Southwest Research Institute ⓘ
spacecraft New Horizons ⓘ
studies Pluto’s atmospheric escape ⓘ
outer heliosphere ⓘ
solar wind ⓘ
solar wind–atmosphere interaction ⓘ
targetBody Pluto ⓘ
targetRegion Kuiper Belt ⓘ
outer heliosphere ⓘ
technique electrostatic analyzer ⓘ
time-of-flight detection ⓘ

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