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2D histogram of 390 000 simultaneous spacecraft potential estimates Vph versus Vz or Vf in 200 × 200 bins, corresponding to bin widths of ∼0.3 and 0.5 V, coloured by log10 counts for the entire cometary mission. As Vph is sensitive to noise, there are several artefacts at e.g. +22 V and −25 V, but there is otherwise a clear agreement, especially for large negative values as far as Vph can measure. As the spacecraft potential approaches zero, Vf and Vz diverge non-linearly from Vph, the latter being considered the better estimate for the spacecraft potential at these ranges. An empirical model was fitted to move from Vf and Vz to Vph and is plotted in red.

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