Martian magnetism with orbiting sub-millimeter sensor: simulated retrieval system

Larsson, Richard; Milz, Mathias; Eriksson, Patrick; Mendrok, Jana; Kasai, Yasuko; Buehler, Stefan Alexander; Diéval, Catherine; Brain, David; Hartogh, Paul

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-27-2017

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-27-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-27-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

Research article

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27 Jan 2017

Research article |

| 27 Jan 2017

Martian magnetism with orbiting sub-millimeter sensor: simulated retrieval system

Richard Larsson, Mathias Milz, Patrick Eriksson, Jana Mendrok, Yasuko Kasai, Stefan Alexander Buehler, Catherine Diéval, David Brain, and Paul Hartogh

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Short summary

By computer simulations, we explore and quantify how to use radiation emitted by molecular oxygen in the Martian atmosphere to measure the magnetic field from the crust of the planet. This crustal magnetic field is important to understand the past evolution of Mars. Our method can measure the magnetic field at lower altitudes than has so far been done, which could give important information on the characteristics of the crustal sources if a mission with the required instrument is launched.