ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P RPCIES: Ion and Electron Spectrometer Data for Comet 67P

NASA's ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P RPCIES 5 EXT1 V1.0 dataset contains derived data from the Rosetta spacecraft's RPCIES instrument. The data was collected during the mission's second extension phase, targeting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Measurements were taken between 06 April 2016 and 30 June 2016.

Use Cases

• Modeling the plasma environment of comet 67P based on derived ion and electron data.
• Analyzing temporal changes in cometary activity during the specified 2016 observation window.
• Studying solar wind interaction with the comet's coma using spectrometer measurements.

Strengths

• Data originates from the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission, a major planetary science endeavor.
• Covers a specific 3-month period (06 Apr 2016 to 30 Jun 2016) during the mission's second extension.

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

Derived data from the Rosetta spacecraft's RPCIES (Rosetta Plasma Consortium Ion and Electron Sensor) instrument.

Time Range

06 April 2016 to 30 June 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 17:28:01.655191; freshness should be verified.