ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P VIRTIS 2: Comet 67P Spectral Telemetry from Extension 1 Phase

NASA's Rosetta spacecraft VIRTIS instrument telemetry data for comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. This dataset contains digital numbers from the EXTENSION 1 MTP027 phase, which occurred from 2016-03-09 to 2016-04-06. The data is version 2.0, produced by a fixed EGSE software correcting an issue where the old version produced incomplete products reduced by one line.

Use Cases

• Analyzing surface composition and temperature of comet 67P based on spectral telemetry data.
• Studying temporal changes in cometary activity during the 2016 extension phase.
• Calibrating or validating spectral models for cometary nuclei using the corrected digital numbers.
• Comparing data quality between the fixed EGSE software version and previous incomplete versions.

Strengths

• Data is from a defined observation phase (EXTENSION 1 MTP027) with a specific time range from 2016-03 09 to 2016-04-06.
• Dataset is version 2.0, corrected by a fixed EGSE software to address a known issue of incomplete products.

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

Telemetry packages from the VIRTIS instrument on board the Rosetta spacecraft.

Time Range

2016-03-09 to 2016-04-06

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 19:21:39.254200; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Vicinity of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko