The NEAR magnetometer was a fluxgate magnetometer using ring core sensors made of highly magnetically permeable materal to detect and map the intrinsic magnetic fields of the asteroid 433 Eros. The primary scientific objectives were to establish the global characteristics and geometry of the magnetic field (internal, remnant, or surface) associated with Eros and any detectable interaction with the solar wind and interplanetary field. Secondary objectives include detection of the bow shock, boundary crossings, and magnetic signatures of surface features.
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The data sets listed in the table below are PDS3 legacy data sets. Once these data sets have been migrated to PDS4 they will be listed in the section above.
| Data Processing Level | Data set ID | Mission phase | Browse | Download |
| Raw data (level 1b): | ||||
| NEAR-A-MAG-2-EDR-CRUISE1-V1.0 | Cruise 1 | 31 Mb | 20 Mb | |
| NEAR-A-MAG-2-EDR-CRUISE2-V1.0 | Cruise 2 | 65 Mb | 40.5 Mb | |
| NEAR-A-MAG-2-EDR-CRUISE3-V1.0 | Cruise 3 | 47 Mb | 28 Mb | |
| NEAR-A-MAG-2-EDR-CRUISE4-V1.0 | Cruise 4 | 65 Mb | 36 Mb | |
| NEAR-A-MAG-2-EDR-EARTH-V1.0 | Earth Flyby | 32 Mb | 24 Mb | |
| NEAR-A-MAG-2-EDR-EROS/FLY/BY-V1.0 | Eros Flyby | 25 Mb | 20 Mb | |
| NEAR-A-MAG-2-EDR-EROS/ORBIT-V1.0 | Eros Orbit | 323 Mb | 195 Mb | |
| NEAR-A-MAG-2-EDR-EROS/SURFACE-V1.0 | Eros Surface | 24 Mb | 19 Mb | |
| Calibrated data (levels 2 and 3): | ||||
| NEAR_A_MAG_3_RDR_CRUISE2_V1.0 | Cruise 2 | 431 Mb | 108 Mb | |
| NEAR_A_MAG_3_RDR_CRUISE3_V1.0 | Cruise 3 | 136 Mb | 37 Mb | |
| NEAR_A_MAG_3_RDR_CRUISE4_V1.0 | Cruise 4 | 180 Mb | 50 Mb | |
| NEAR_A_MAG_3_RDR_EARTH_V1.0 | Earth Flyby | 57 Mb | 14 Mb | |
| NEAR_A_MAG_3_RDR_EROS/FLY/BY_V1.0 | Eros Flyby | 5.3 Mb | 1.8 Mb | |
| NEAR_A_MAG_3_RDR_EROS/ORBIT_V1.0 | Eros Orbit | 1.6 Gb | 276 Mb |
For a browse utility containing master index and links to MAG browse plots for each mission phase, see the "browse" directory in each calibrated MAG data set.