The MASCOT Magnetometer
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Author(s)
Herčík, David
Auster, Hans-Ulrich
Blum, Jürgen
Fornaçon, Karl-Heinz
Fujimoto, Masaki
Gebauer, Kathrin
Güttler, Carsten
Hillenmaier, Olaf
Hördt, Andreas
Liebert, Evelyn
Date Issued
January 2016
Journal
Space Science Reviews
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Citation
Herčík, David et al. “The MASCOT Magnetometer.” Space Science Reviews (2016): n. pag.
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Final published version
Abstract
The Mobile Asteroid Scout (MASCOT) is a small lander on board the Hayabusa2 mission of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to the asteroid 162173 Ryugu. Among the instruments on MASCOT is a fluxgate magnetometer, the MASCOT Magnetometer (MasMag). The magnetometer is a lightweight ( ∼280 g∼280 g ) and low power ( ∼0.5 W∼0.5 W ) triaxial fluxgate magnetometer. Magnetic field measurements during the landing period and during the surface operational phase shall provide information about any intrinsic magnetic field of the asteroid and its remanent magnetization. This could provide important constraints on planet formation and the thermal and aqueous evolution of primitive asteroids.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-016-0236-5
