The Fluxgate Magnetometer (MAG) is designed to measure permanent and/or induced magnetic properties of the comet nucleus and the magnetic field in the comet-solar wind interaction zone. The MAG is part of the Rosetta Plasma Consortium (RPC) which consists of four additional instruments: the Langmuir Probe Instrument (LAP), the Ion and Electron Sensor (IES), the Ion Composition Analyser (ICA), and the Mutual Impedance Probe (MIP). The scientific objectives of the RPC instruments are to study inner coma structure, dynamics, and aeronomy, characterize the development of cometary activity and the formation and evolution of plasma tail, and investigate solar-wind and asteroid interaction.
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