ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P: Prelanding Gravity Measurements at Comet 67P

2014-01 21 to 2014-11-18, this dataset contains Rosetta Radio Science data collected during the PRELANDING phase. It provides global gravity measurements at comet 67P, specifically covering the time period 2014-08-08T14:14:35.000 to 2014-08-08T19:34:03.500. The data originates from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Use Cases

• Modeling the gravitational field of comet 67P based on radio science measurements.
• Analyzing temporal variations in gravity during the prelanding phase.
• Correlating gravity data with other Rosetta instrument observations for a multi-faceted comet study.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 5-hour period on 2014-08-08, providing a focused measurement window.
• Originates from the Rosetta mission, a major European Space Agency project with NASA involvement.

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

Collected by the Rosetta orbiter's Radio Science Investigation (RSI) instrument.

Time Range

2014-01-21 to 2014-11-18 (prelanding phase), with specific measurement from 2014-08-08T14:14:35.000 to 2014-08-08T19:34:03.500.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 06:04:22.524032; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko