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VBB Recentering

VBB Recentering

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VBB Recentering
Animation showing the "recentering" operation of the InSight seismometer's Very Broad Band (VBB) seismic pendulums. Recentering is a calibration activity that fine-tunes the instrument's sensitivity to slow seismic waves. There are three VBB sensors in the SEIS instrument.

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Original image data dated on or about December 28, 2018

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