The fluxgate magnetometer of the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter

K. H. Glassmeier; H. U. Auster; D. Heyner; K. Okrafka; C. Carr; G. Berghofer; B. J. Anderson; A. Balogh; W. Baumjohann; P. Cargill; U. Christensen; M. Delva; M. Dougherty; K. H. Fornaçon; T. S. Horbury; E. A. Lucek; W. Magnes; M. Mandea; A. Matsuoka; M. Matsushima; U. Motschmann; R. Nakamura; Y. Narita; H. O'Brien; I. Richter; K. Schwingenschuh; H. Shibuya; J. A. Slavin; C. Sotin; B. Stoll; H. Tsunakawa; S. Vennerstrom; J. Vogt; T. Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.pss.2008.06.018

The fluxgate magnetometer of the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter

K. H. Glassmeier^*
, H. U. Auster
, D. Heyner
, K. Okrafka
, C. Carr
, G. Berghofer
, B. J. Anderson
, A. Balogh
, W. Baumjohann
, P. Cargill
, U. Christensen
, M. Delva
, M. Dougherty
, K. H. Fornaçon
, T. S. Horbury
, E. A. Lucek
, W. Magnes
, M. Mandea
, A. Matsuoka
, M. Matsushima

U. Motschmann, R. Nakamura, Y. Narita, H. O'Brien, I. Richter, K. Schwingenschuh, H. Shibuya, J. A. Slavin, C. Sotin, B. Stoll, H. Tsunakawa, S. Vennerstrom, J. Vogt, T. Zhang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Technical University of Braunschweig
Imperial College London
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - German Research Centre for Geosciences
ISAS/JAXA
Institute of Science Tokyo
Kumamoto University
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Nantes Université
Danish Meteorological Institute
Constructor University

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Abstract

The magnetometer (MAG) on the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) of the joint European-Japanese BepiColombo mission to planet Mercury is a low-noise, tri-axial, dual-sensor, digital fluxgate instrument with its sensors mounted on a 2.8-m-long boom. The primary MPO/MAG science objectives are to determine the spatial and temporal structure of the magnetic field in the Hermean system, in particular the structure and origin of the intrinsic magnetic field of Mercury. MPO/MAG has a dynamic measurement range of ± 2000 nT with a resolution of 2 pT during operation along the near-polar orbit of the MPO spacecraft around Mercury. MPO/MAG is designed to provide measurements with rates between 0.5 and 128 vectors/s. In cooperation with its sister magnetometer instrument, MMO/MGF on board the BepiColombo Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), MPO/MAG will be able to distinguish between temporal and spatial magnetic field variations in the magnetically closely coupled Hermean system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	287-299
Number of pages	13
Journal	Planetary and Space Science
Volume	58
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2008.06.018
State	Published - Jan 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Fluxgate magnetometer
Magnetosphere
Mercury
Planetary magnetic field

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Glassmeier, K. H., Auster, H. U., Heyner, D., Okrafka, K., Carr, C., Berghofer, G., Anderson, B. J., Balogh, A., Baumjohann, W., Cargill, P., Christensen, U., Delva, M., Dougherty, M., Fornaçon, K. H., Horbury, T. S., Lucek, E. A., Magnes, W., Mandea, M., Matsuoka, A., ... Zhang, T. (2010). The fluxgate magnetometer of the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter. Planetary and Space Science, 58(1-2), 287-299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2008.06.018

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