ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P: Comet Plasma Measurements from the RPC-LAP Instrument

Derived data from the Rosetta spacecraft's RPC-LAP instrument, acquired during the ROSETTA EXTENSION 2 mission phase targeting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The dataset contains high-level data products in physical units, such as electron density, electron temperature, and spacecraft potential. It was published by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and last updated on March 13, -2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling comet plasma interactions based on electron density and temperature measurements.
• Analyzing spacecraft charging effects based on spacecraft potential data.
• Studying temporal plasma variability near a comet based on downsampled time series of current and voltage.

Strengths

• Contains derived, high-level data products in physical units, which may reduce preprocessing effort.
• Data originates from a major space agency (NASA) and a flagship mission (Rosetta).
• Last updated on March 13, -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

Derived from measurements by the Rosetta Plasma Consortium - Langmuir Probe (RPC-LAP) instrument.

Time Range

Acquired during the ROSETTA EXTENSION 2 mission phase.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 14:10:07.108195; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Space environment of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.