Electrical conductivity inside Mars calculated beneath the InSight landing site

In a pioneer study, the electrical conductivity structure is determined beneath a fixed location on the Martian surface: the InSight landing site. The dataset used to attain this goal are the magnetic data recorded by InSight, from which are calculated the magnetic field variations in both high and low frequency, by spectral analysis. These variations are used to determine the surface ratios of vertical to horizontal magnetic field components, which are considered as the observed data that must be described/satisfied by some electrical conductivity models proposed. These models are the expression of the electrical conductivity structure of Mars, beneath the InSight landing site, and they should be recalculated when the data provided by future missions will be available (e.g. the Exobiology on Mars (ExoMars) Mission).

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Revistes Científiques de la University of Barcelona (University of Barcelona)
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2026-02-23
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Electrical conductivity inside Mars calculated beneath the InSight landing site

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Revistes Científiques de la University of Barcelona (University of Barcelona)
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Electrical conductivity inside Mars calculated beneath the InSight landing site

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Abstract

In a pioneer study, the electrical conductivity structure is determined beneath a fixed location on the Martian surface: the InSight landing site. The dataset used to attain this goal are the magnetic data recorded by InSight, from which are calculated the magnetic field variations in both high and low frequency, by spectral analysis. These variations are used to determine the surface ratios of vertical to horizontal magnetic field components, which are considered as the observed data that must be described/satisfied by some electrical conductivity models proposed. These models are the expression of the electrical conductivity structure of Mars, beneath the InSight landing site, and they should be recalculated when the data provided by future missions will be available (e.g. the Exobiology on Mars (ExoMars) Mission).

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