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    RPC

    RPC

    RPC (Rosetta Plasma Consortium). In this instrument, five sensors measure the physical properties of the nucleus, examine the structure of the inner coma,monitor cometary activity, and study the comet's interaction with the solar wind.

    Investigators:
    Hans Nilsson, Institutet för rymdfysik, Kiruna, Sweden
    James Burch, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA
    Anders Eriksson, Institutet för rymdfysik, Uppsala, Sweden
    Karl-Heinz Glassmeier, Technische Universität, Braunschweig, Germany
    Pierre Henri, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace, Orléans, France
    Christopher Carr, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom  

    Last update: 7 November 2016

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