ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P RSI: Prelanding Gravity Measurements

Rosetta Radio Science gravity measurements collected during the PRELANDING phase from 2014-01-21 to 2014-11-18. The dataset provides global gravity data for comet 67P, covering a specific interval on 2014-09-21. It was published by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Use Cases

• Modeling comet 67P's gravitational field based on global gravity measurements.
• Analyzing temporal changes in gravity during the prelanding phase.
• Correlating gravity data with other Rosetta mission observations.
• Studying comet mass and density distribution from gravity signals.

Strengths

• Data collected by the Rosetta orbiter, a major space mission.
• Focuses on comet 67P, a well-studied target.
• Specific time range provided for a core measurement: 2014-09-21T11:38:40.000 to 2014-09-21T14:30:06.500.

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

Radio Science data collected by the Rosetta orbiter.

Time Range

2014-01-21 to 2014-11-18 (PRELANDING phase), with a detailed interval on 2014-09-21.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 09:45:21.789501; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.