ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P RPCIES: Calibrated Cometary Data from Mission Extension 2

NASA's Rosetta mission collected this calibrated data from the RPCIES instrument targeting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The dataset covers a specific operational phase between 06 April 2016 and 30 June 2016. It contains measurements taken during the mission's second extension period.

Use Cases

• Modeling the comet's plasma environment based on calibrated ion and electron data.
• Analyzing temporal changes in the comet's activity based on the specified 2016 time range.
• Studying solar wind-comet interactions using data from the Rosetta orbiter's extended mission.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly calibrated, which suggests a processed, analysis-ready state.
• Temporal coverage is precisely defined as 06 April 2016 to 30 June 2016.
• Data originates from a major NASA space mission, implying a high standard of collection.

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

Collected by the RPCIES instrument aboard the Rosetta orbiter spacecraft.

Time Range

06 April 2016 to 30 June 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 14:29:27.127781; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (solar system)