Fig. 1.
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Sketch showing the effect on electron density at the Langmuir probe (LAP1) position from the electrostatic field from the (negative) spacecraft potential that envelopes the sensor. Equipotentials of the electrostatic potential field in the same plane as LAP1 and the spacecraft centre are visualised as concentric blue circles.
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