ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P RPCIES: Calibrated Comet Data from Extended Mission 3

Calibrated data from the Rosetta spacecraft's RPCIES instrument, targeting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The dataset was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and covers observations from 01 July 2016 to 30 September 2016.

Use Cases

• Modeling comet 67P's plasma environment based on calibrated instrument data.
• Analyzing temporal changes in cometary activity during the specified three-month period.
• Correlating solar wind parameters with comet outgassing events based on the mission phase.

Strengths

• Data is calibrated, which suggests processing for scientific use.
• Covers a specific three-month mission phase (EXT3) with a defined target comet.
• Produced by the authoritative source National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is 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

Data gathered by the RPCIES instrument aboard the Rosetta orbiter.

Time Range

01 July 2016 to 30 September 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 15:03:34.323600; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko