ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P: Radio Science Gravity Measurements Pre-Landing 2014

Rosetta Radio Science data set collected by NASA during the PRELANDING phase from 2014-01 21 to 2014-11-18. It contains global gravity measurements for comet 67P, specifically covering the time period 2014-09-30T05:22:05.000 to 2014-09-30T15:58:30.500.

Use Cases

• Modeling the internal mass distribution of comet 67P based on gravity measurements.
• Analyzing temporal variations in gravitational field during the pre-landing phase.
• Calibrating or validating orbital dynamics models for the Rosetta spacecraft.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Rosetta mission conducted by NASA.
• Covers a specific and critical pre-landing operational phase for comet 67P.
• Provides a precise temporal snapshot of gravity data from 2014-09-30.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Collected via Radio Science instrumentation on the Rosetta orbiter.

Time Range

2014-01-21 to 2014-11-18 (PRELANDING phase), with detailed measurements from 2014-09-30.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 04:40:30.138309; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.