The fluxgate magnetometer of the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 287-299

  Glassmeier, K H ^a   Auster, H U ^a   Heyner, D ^a   Okrafka, K ^a   Carr, C ^b   Berghofer, G ^c   Anderson, B J ^e   Balogh, A ^b   Baumjohann, W ^c   Cargill, P ^b   Christensen, U ^f   Delva, M ^c   Dougherty, M ^b   Fornacon K H ^a   Horbury, T S ^b   Lucek, E A ^b   Magnes, W ^c   Mandea, M ^d   Matsuoka, A ^h   Matsushima, M ⁱ   Motschmann, U ^a   Nakamura, R ^c   Narita, Y ^a   O'Brien, H ^b   Richter, I ^a   Schwingenschuh, K ^c   Shibuya, H ^j   Slavin, J A ^g   Sotin, C ^k   Stoll, B ^a   Tsunakawa, H ⁱ   Vennerstrom, S ^l   Vogt, J ^m   Zhang, T ^c   more..

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h ISAS/JAXA ^*  (Japan)

ⁱ TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^j KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^l DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^m JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Fluxgate magnetometer; Magnetosphere; Mercury; Planetary magnetic field

Indexed keywords

BEPICOLOMBO; BEPICOLOMBO MISSION; DUAL SENSOR; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETER; FLUXGATES; LOW NOISE; MAGNETIC FIELD VARIATIONS; MAGNETOSPHERIC ORBITERS; MERCURY PLANETARY ORBITERS; PLANET MERCURY; PLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; POLAR ORBIT; SCIENCE OBJECTIVES; TEMPORAL STRUCTURES;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (METAL); SENSORS;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 73749086377     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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