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The HAT-P-11-b will probably have a great magnetic tail to offer

The HAT-P-11-b will probably have a great magnetic tail to offer

In the Solar System, for example, planetary magnetic fields can be detected by moving a probe through them. For example, Voyager 1 made these measurements on Jupiter and Saturn decades ago. Your magnetometer is one of the last instruments still active on board this ancient probe, that is currently traveling at the edge of the solar system. This option is not given to an exoplanet, so indirect methods are required.