THEMIS - Magnetometer Hardware

Sensor

• Vector compensated fluxgate ringcore sensor

Electronics

• Digital fluxgate electronics: digitization of AC sensor signal + digital data processing
• Developed by TU-BS and Magson GmbH

Heritage

• Flown on Rosetta and Venus Express

Parameters

• Mass: sensor 80 g, electronics 150 g
• Power consumption: < 900 mW
• Range / Resolution: 25.000 nT / 3 pT
• Noise: 10 pT/√Hz
• Temperature dependency: 20 pT/°C