ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P RPCICA 2 EXT2: Solar Wind Interaction Measurements

ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P RPCICA 2 EXT2 UNCALIBRATED V2.0 contains RAW DATA from the RPCICA instrument on the Rosetta mission during its second extension. The data includes measurements of solar wind interaction with the atmosphere of comet 67P. Version 2 of the dataset replaces a previous delivery, expanding data to a uniform resolution and adding new quality flags.

Use Cases

• Analyze solar wind interaction with a comet's atmosphere based on the raw instrument measurements.
• Study temporal changes in cometary atmospheric properties based on the time-series data.
• Validate or compare with other Rosetta instrument datasets based on the uniform resolution and quality flags.

Strengths

• Dataset is version 2, indicating updates and improvements over a previous release.
• Specific improvements include expansion to a uniform resolution and inclusion of new quality flags.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Data collected by the RPCICA instrument on the Rosetta orbiter mission.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 12:37:28.318849; freshness should be verified.