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    A magnetometer is a device that measures magnetic field or magnetic dipole moment. Different types of magnetometers measure the direction, strength, or...
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    Spacecraft magnetometers are magnetometers used aboard spacecraft and satellites, mostly for scientific investigations, plus attitude sensing. Magnetometers are...
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  • SERF (redirect from SERF magnetometer)
    relaxation-free (SERF) magnetometer is a type of magnetometer developed at Princeton University in the early 2000s. SERF magnetometers measure magnetic fields...
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    A vibrating-sample magnetometer (VSM) (also referred to as a Foner magnetometer/oscillation magnetometer) is a scientific instrument that measures magnetic...
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    Earth's magnetic field, the satellite had two magnetometers. The scalar (Cesium vapor) and vector magnetometers gave Magsat a capability beyond that of any...
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    A proton magnetometer, also known as a proton precession magnetometer (PPM), uses the principle of Earth's field nuclear magnetic resonance (EFNMR) to...
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  • coil magnetometer or induction magnetometer, based on an inductive sensor (also known as inductive loop and inductive coil), is a magnetometer which...
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    The Europa Clipper Magnetometer (ECM) is a spacecraft magnetometer aboard the planned Europa Clipper mission. It will be used to precisely measure Europa's...
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    If another coil is used to measure the magnetic field (acting as a magnetometer), the change in the magnetic field due to the metallic object can be...
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  • Thumbnail for MEMS magnetic field sensor
    systems (MEMS) device for detecting and measuring magnetic fields (magnetometer). Many of these operate by detecting effects of the Lorentz force: a...
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    The Lunar Surface Magnetometer (LSM) was a lunar science experiment with the aim of providing insights into the interior of the Moon and how its latent...
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  • from the maximum fluctuations of horizontal components observed on a magnetometer during a three-hour interval. The label K comes from the German word...
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    using a magnetometer aboard or towed behind an aircraft. The principle is similar to a magnetic survey carried out with a hand-held magnetometer, but allows...
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    metres (14 ft). Also deployed were two rigid booms carrying sensors and magnetometers, attached on both sides of the central bodies, and two flexible antennae...
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  • Field Magnetometer (VFM): Linear and low-noise measurements of the Earth's magnetic field vector components. The fluxgate vector magnetometer is similar...
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    fluid or electronic damping. An alternative is to use a 3-axis fluxgate magnetometer to provide a 3D flux vector, with the magnetic heading derived from the...
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    combination of accelerometers, gyroscopes, and sometimes magnetometers. When the magnetometer is included, IMUs are referred to as IMMUs. IMUs are typically...
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  • Arthur Heberd and his quark detector, a magnetometer, at the Varian Physics Building. The well-shielded magnetometer had a small magnetic probe in a vault...
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    Moon, carrying a television camera, a micrometeorite detector and a magnetometer. It was part of the first International Geophysical Year (IGY) science...
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    spin stabilized. It carried instruments such as digital Sun sensor, Magnetometer and temperature sensors atop a structure made out of Aluminium Alloy...
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    watts power, extended from the main bus, along with two 183 cm (72 in) magnetometer booms. Four whip antennas are mounted on top of the spacecraft. A retrorocket...
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    very sensitive magnetometers. Arrays of SQUIDs (superconducting quantum interference devices) are currently the most common magnetometer, while the SERF...
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    Magnetic surveys are used in both terrestrial and marine archaeology. Magnetometers used in geophysical survey may use a single sensor to measure the total...
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    (3 ft 7 in) extension boom at the end of one of the 2.5 m booms held the magnetometer. Total initial mass (fully fueled) was 296 kg (653 lb). It was spin-stabilized...
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    (nT). To measure anomalies, magnetometers need a sensitivity of 10 nT or less. There are three main types of magnetometer used to measure magnetic...
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  • tilt compensated electronic compass utilizing an accelerometer and a magnetometer. A number of manufacturers, including Motorola, AKM Semiconductor, NXP...
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    the magnetometer boom. On September 4, 2018 the whip antennas were deployed. FIELDS features three magnetometers: two are fluxgate magnetometers, and...
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    The sixteen instruments, weighing 118 kg (260 lb) altogether, included magnetometer sensors mounted on an 11 m (36 ft) boom to minimize interference from...
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    Another cylinder, mounted on top of the pressurized compartment, held the magnetometer instrumentation package, associated electronics, the command receiver...
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  • Inductive sensors constitute the main element to build a search coil magnetometer, also known as a search coil. These are used in many fields of research:...
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