ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P RPCICA: Solar Wind and Cometary Atmosphere Measurements

NASA's ROSETTA mission collected this dataset using the RPCICA instrument during the prelanding phase. It contains corrected and resampled calibrated data, measuring the undisturbed solar wind and its interaction with the atmosphere of comet 67P. The dataset was last updated on March 13, -2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling solar wind interaction with a cometary atmosphere based on the described measurements.
• Analyzing changes in solar wind properties as a spacecraft approaches a comet based on the described prelanding phase data.
• Calibrating or validating space plasma instrument models using the corrected and resampled calibrated data.
• Studying the transition from undisturbed solar wind to a disturbed cometary environment based on the described mission phase.

Strengths

• Data is corrected and resampled, indicating a level of processing and calibration.
• Covers a distinct scientific phase from undisturbed solar wind to cometary interaction.
• Produced by NASA, an authoritative space agency.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Measurements from the RPCICA instrument on the ROSETTA orbiter mission.

Time Range

Prelanding phase of the ROSETTA mission.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 15:49:38.015116; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Space, in the vicinity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.