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      <ResourceName>MAG</ResourceName>
      <AlternateName>Magnetometer</AlternateName>
      <ReleaseDate>2016-10-18T00:00:00Z</ReleaseDate>
      <Description>The magnetometer (MAG) on MESSENGER is a three-axis 
ring core fluxgate magnetometer mounted on a 3.6 m boom in the anti-
sunward direction.  The detector sampling rate is 40 Hz and readout 
rates are selectable from 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 20, or 40 Hz. Averaging 
intervals can be selected from 0.025 to 1 s. Digital filters provide 
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        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Brian.J.Anderson</PersonID>
        <Role>PrincipalInvestigator</Role>
      </Contact>
      <InformationURL>
        <Name>MAG site at JHU_APL</Name>
        <URL>http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/instruments/MAG.html</URL>
      </InformationURL>
      <InformationURL>
        <Name>NSSDC Master Catalog</Name>
        <URL>http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentDisplay.do?id=2004-030A-07</URL>
      </InformationURL>
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    <InstrumentType>Magnetometer</InstrumentType>

    <InvestigationName>Magnetometer</InvestigationName>

     <OperatingSpan>
      <StartDate>2005-08-02T00:00:00Z</StartDate>
      <StopDate>2015-04-30T00:00:00Z</StopDate>
      <Note>Earth flyby 2005-08-02</Note>
      <Note> 1st Venus flyby : 2006-10-25 </Note>
      <Note> 2nd Venus flyby : 2007-06-05</Note>
      <Note> 1st Mercury flyby : 2008-01-14 </Note>
      <Note> 2nd Mercury flyby : 2008-10-06 </Note>
      <Note> 3rd Mercury flyby : 2009-09-29 </Note>
      <Note> Mercury arrival : 2011-03-18</Note>
    </OperatingSpan> 

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