MARS-96     ROBOTIC SPACECRAFT MISSION TO MARS. Brief description
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Inroduction
Scientific goals
Scheme of the mission
Spacecraft
Orbiter
Payload of the Orbiter
Scientific goals of
the experiments
Description of
the instruments
Small Stations
Penetrators
Conclusion
 Experiment: MAREMF

ELECTROSTATIC ANALYZER AND MAGNETOMETER

MEASUREMENTS OF THE 3D DISTRIBUTION OF THE ELECTRON AND ION FLUX AND MAGNETIC FIELD VECTOR



Main scientific objectives:: measurements, with a high accuracy and a high time resolution, of the magnetic-field vector and three-dimensional distribution of electrons and ions in the plasma environment of Mars and in the solar wind:

  • determination of Martian magnetic-field characteristics;
  • study of Martian plasma boundaries characteristics;
  • study of physical processes in the magnetosheath and magnetotail;
  • study of magnetic field topology from the electron flux anisotropy data.

    • MAREMF experiment combines two fluxgate magnetometers and two spectrometer for measuring 3D distribution of electrons and ions.



    Main characteristics:
    Magnetometer:
    Dynamic range 128 nT
    Resolution 4 pT
    Max sampling rate 100 vectors/s.
    Electron spectrometer:
    Field of view 4 x 3,14
    Spectral resolution 14 %
    Angular resolution4° x 22°
    Mass 12,2 kg





    Cooperation:Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Russia, USA.

    Contact persons:W.Riedler (PI) riedler@fiwf01.tu-graz.ac.at I.I. Verigin mverigin@esoc1.iki.rssi.ru


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