Near Magnetic Field Investigation,Instrumentation, Spacecraft Magnetics and Data Access |
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Authors: | Lohr D A Zanetti L J Anderson B J Potemra T A Hayes J R Gold R E Henshaw R M Mobley F F Holland D B Acuña M H Scheifele J L |
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Institution: | (1) The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, 20723–6099, U.S.A;(2) NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), U.S.A |
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Abstract: | The primary objective of the investigation is the search for a body-wide magnetic field of the near Earth asteroid Eros. The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) 3-axis fluxgate magnetometer includes a sensor mounted on the high-gain antenna feed structure. The NEAR Magnetic Facility Instrument (MFI) is a joint hardware effort between GSFC and APL. The design and magnetics approach achieved by the NEAR MFI effort entailed low-cost, up-front attention to engineering solutions which did not impact the schedule. The goal of the magnetometer is reliable magnetic field measurements within 5 nT, which necessitates the use of an extensive spacecraft magnetic interference model but is achievable with the full year's orbital data set. Such a goal has been shown viable with recent in-flight calibration data and comparisons to the WIND magnetometer data. The NEAR MFI effort has succeeded in providing magnetic field measurements for the first flight in NASA's Discovery line. |
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