NSSDCA ID: 1985-056A-07
Mission Name: GiottoThe purpose of this investigation is to study the interplanetary and induced cometary magnetic fields before and during the encounter with Comet Halley. The instrument consists of a main triaxial fluxgate magnetometer system mounted on top of a tripod on the spacecraft. In a 12-bit analog-to-digital conversion the dynamical ranges are plus and minus 16, 64, 256, 1024, 4096, 16384, and 65536 nT with automatic range switching. An inner biaxial magnetometer system is used for correcting the spacecraft magnetic field. During the encounter the sampling rate will be approximately 28 vectors per second, while the spacecraft spin rate is 15 rpm.
Mass: 1.36 kg
Power (avg): 0.8 W
Bit rate (avg): 1.265 kbps
Questions and comments about this experiment can be directed to: Dr. David R. Williams
Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. Norman F. Ness | Co-Investigator | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | |
Dr. Guenter Musmann | Co-Investigator | Technische Universitat Braunschweig | g.musmann@tu-braunschweig.de |
Dr. Leonard F. Burlaga | Co-Investigator | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | u2leb@lepvax.gsfc.nasa.gov |
Dr. Eigil Ungstrup | Co-Investigator | Danish Space Research Institute | eu@osiris.gfy.ku.dk |
Prof. Franco Mariani | Co-Investigator | Universita degli Studi di Roma | mariani@roma2.infn.it |
Dr. Mario H. Acuna | Co-Investigator | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | |
Dr. Hermann Ulrich Schmidt | Co-Investigator | Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik und Astrophysik | schmidt@mpa-garching.mpg.de |
Dr. Max K. Wallis | Co-Investigator | University College, Cardiff | mkw@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk |
Prof. Fritz M. Neubauer | General Contact | Universitat zu Koln | neubauer@geo.uni-koeln.de |
Prof. Fritz M. Neubauer | Principal Investigator | Universitat zu Koln | neubauer@geo.uni-koeln.de |