ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P: Radio Science Gravity Measurements During Prelanding Phase

Rosetta Radio Science data collected from 2014-10-26T04:02:05.000 to 2014-10-26T14:37:06.500 during the PRELANDING phase of the mission. The dataset provides global gravity measurements at comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. It was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and covers the period from 2014-01-21 to 2014-11-18.

Use Cases

• Modeling the internal mass distribution of comet 67P based on global gravity measurements.
• Analyzing temporal variations in the comet's gravity field during the prelanding phase.
• Calibrating and validating radio science instrumentation for deep space missions.
• Studying the comet's nucleus shape and density using gravity data.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 10-hour observation window on 2014-10-26.
• Produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a recognized space agency.
• Focuses on a specific mission phase (PRELANDING) from 2014-01-21 to 2014-11-18.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

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 measurements from 2014-10-26T04:02:05.000 to 2014-10-26T14:37:06.500.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 17:15:54.764798; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.