ROSETTA-ORBITER RPCICA: Solar Wind Interaction with Comet 67P

Corrected and resampled calibrated data from the RPCICA instrument aboard the Rosetta spacecraft during its first mission extension. The dataset contains measurements of solar wind interaction with the atmosphere of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The data was published by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling solar wind interaction with a cometary atmosphere based on the described measurements.
• Analyzing plasma dynamics near comet 67P based on the RPCICA instrument data.
• Calibrating or validating simulations of cometary magnetospheres based on the corrected and resampled data.

Strengths

• Data is corrected and resampled, indicating a processed and calibrated state.
• Data originates from the Rosetta mission, a major European Space Agency project with NASA involvement.
• Last updated in March 2026, suggesting recent metadata maintenance.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Measurements from the RPCICA instrument on the Rosetta orbiter spacecraft.

Time Range

Rosetta mission extension 1.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 06:57:15.711456

Geography

Space environment around comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.