ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P RSI: Gravity Measurements from Prelanding Phase

A Rosetta Radio Science data set collected during the PRELANDING phase from 2014-01 21 to 2014-11-18. It contains global gravity measurements at comet 67P, specifically covering the period 2014-09-05T06:52:05.000 to 2014-09-05T17:31:17.000. The dataset is provided by 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 spacecraft phase.
• Calibrating instrument data from the Rosetta orbiter's Radio Science Investigation (RSI).

Strengths

• Data originates from the Rosetta mission, a major European Space Agency project.
• Covers a specific 10-hour observation window on 2014-09-05 for focused analysis.
• Part of a larger prelanding phase dataset spanning over 10 months.

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 data from 2014-09-05.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 19:49:26.678711; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko