Tag Archives: AFM
Introducing MIDAS: Rosetta’s Micro-Imaging Dust Analysis System
Please note: this article first appeared on the ESA Rosetta blog here. The MIDAS instrument was the first of its type to ever be launched into space. An Atomic Force Microscope like MIDAS is designed to measure the smallest … Continue reading
Searching for tiny cosmic magnets
Although the MIDAS instrument primarily measures the shape of collected cometary dust particles, it also has a rather interesting mode which allows it to detect and map highly magnetic minerals and materials. This is done by magnetic force microscopy (MFM), … Continue reading
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Tagged AFM, comet, magnetic, MFM, microscopy, MIDAS, Rosetta
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