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The charge and velocity detector of the cosmic dust analyzer on Cassini

Kempf, S.; Srama, R.; Grün, E. +2 more

The cosmic dust analyzer aboard the Cassini spacecraft includes a charge and velocity detector which senses electric charges >10 ^-15 C of individual cosmic dust grains as they enter the instrument. Charge is an important property of each grain, because it affects its orbital dynamics and is a measure of its size. The duration and sha…