THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES OF THE INSIGHT PARTICIPATING SCIENTIST PROGRAM (PSP): (I) IT ENHANCES THE SCIENTIFIC RETURN FROM THE INSIGHT MISSION: THE DATA-DRIVEN EMPIRICAL MAGNETOSPHERE MODEL PRODUCED BY THIS INVESTIGATION REPRESENTS THE SUMMARIZED INFORMATION ABOUT THE AVAILABLE MAGNETOMETER OBSERVATIONS IN THE INDUCED MARTIAN MAGNETOSPHERES AND THEREFORE CAN ENHANCE FUTURE SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING THE ESTIMATION OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD AT MARS. (II) IT CAN EXTEND KNOWLEDGE GAINED BY INSIGHT TO OTHER TERRESTRIAL-TYPE PLANETS. THE METHODOLOGY OF BUILDING THE EMPIRICAL MODEL FOR THE INDUCED MARTIAN MAGNETOSPHERE CAN BE A USEFUL REFERENCE TO DEVELOPMENT OF AN EMPIRICAL MAGNETOSPHERE MODEL FOR VENUS WHICH IS ALSO AN UNMAGNETIZED PLANET WITH AN ATMOSPHERE. (III) IT ADDRESSES THE INSIGHT SCIENCE GOAL TO "DETERMINE THE SIZE COMPOSITION AND PHYSICAL STATE (LIQUID OR SOLID) OF THE CORE." THE MAGNETIC SOUNDING ANALYSIS PROVIDED BY THIS INVESTIGATION CAN ENRICH THE FINDINGS ABOUT THE MARTIAN CORE BY OTHER INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS SEIS AND HP3. THE INVESTIGATOR WILL JOIN THE DEEP INTERIOR THEME GROUP AND (IV) THE PROPOSED INVESTIGATION INCLUDES THE TOPICS OF INTEREST AS LISTED IN THE PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT INCLUDING "STUDIES OF PROPAGATION OF TIME-VARYING MAGNETIC FIELDS FROM SATELLITE ALTITUDES TO THE SURFACE " AND "STUDIES OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY STRUCTURE OF THE MARTIAN CRUST AND MANTLE."
$317,664FY2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA
University Of California, Los Angeles