ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P RSI: Gravity Measurements During Extension 1

Comet 67P gravity data collected by the Rosetta orbiter's Radio Science Investigation instrument. The dataset covers a specific measurement period from 2016-01-13T16:56:55.000 to 2016-01-14T00:48:38.500 during the ROSETTA EXTENSION 1 phase. It was published by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and last updated on 2026-03-13.

Use Cases

• Modeling comet 67P's internal mass distribution based on gravity measurements.
• Analyzing temporal changes in gravitational field during the specified observation window.
• Calibrating radio science instrumentation for future comet missions.
• Comparing gravitational data with other Rosetta mission datasets for multi-instrument analysis.

Strengths

• Data originates from a specific, documented mission phase (ROSETTA EXTENSION 1).
• The temporal coverage is precisely defined to a ~8-hour window.
• The dataset is associated with a major space agency (NASA).

Limitations

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

2016-01-13T16:56:55.000 to 2016-01-14T00:48:38.500

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 04:11:36.271942; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko