The MASCOT Magnetometer

The MASCOT Magnetometer

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 )...

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Main Authors: Herčík, David, Auster, Hans-Ulrich, Blum, Jürgen, Fornaçon, Karl-Heinz, Fujimoto, Masaki, Gebauer, Kathrin, Güttler, Carsten, Hillenmaier, Olaf, Hördt, Andreas, Liebert, Evelyn, Matsuoka, Ayako, Nomura, Reiko, Richter, Ingo, Stoll, Bernd, Glassmeier, Karl-Heinz, Weiss, Benjamin P.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Springer-Verlag 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106339
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3113-3415
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Summary: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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