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and temperature ranges that can be determined for such an antenna
are respectively: 1-4
10
4
cm
−
3
, 0.3-20 cm, 10-2
10
5
K(1-410
4
cm
−
3
,
×
×
10
5
K). Perturbation effects are eliminated by measur-
ing the transfer impedance between two pairs of small electrodes well
separated from each other (quadripole probe). Recent theoretical works
have been done.
12
-
16
This technique has been successfully used onboard
rockets and many spacecraft (GEOS-1,
7
,
8
Swedish satellite VIKING,
17
ARCAD/AUREOL-3,
9
MARS-96,
18
CASSINI/HUYGENS lander.
10
,
11
It
was proposed
19
for the Mars Express mission. It is actually a part of the
ROSETTA plasma consortium
20
and a similar technique will be imple-
mented inside the active measurement of the Mercury's plasma (AM
2
P)
instrument which is a part of the plasma wave investigation (PWI) wave
consortium of the BepiColombo/MMO mission to Mercury.
21
0.5-40 cm, 40-8
×
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