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[โ€“] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As to the sensing mechanism specifically I am not sure other than that it has to do with detecting a differential in energy, but the sensor in question is the Low Energy Charged Particle Instrument.