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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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