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

A Rosetta Radio Science data set collected during the PRELANDING phase from 2014-01-21 to 2014 11-18. The data includes a Global Gravity measurement at comet 67P covering the specific time range 2014-10-08T15:48:55.000 to 2014-10-09T01:35:10.000. The dataset is provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Use Cases

• Modeling the gravitational field of comet 67P based on the described gravity measurement data.
• Analyzing time-series variations in comet gravity during the prelanding phase.
• Correlating radio science measurements with other Rosetta mission instrument data.
• Training or validating models for small-body celestial mechanics based on the gravity data.

Strengths

• Data originates from the Rosetta mission, a major European Space Agency endeavor.
• Covers a specific 9-hour and 46-minute measurement window during the critical prelanding phase.

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

Time Range

2014-01-21 to 2014-11-18 (PRELANDING phase), with specific gravity measurement from 2014-10-08T15:48:55.000 to 2014-10-09T01:35:10.000.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 15:23:10.523284; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.