ROSETTA-ORBITER VIRTIS: Comet 67P Spectral Data from Extension 3

NASA's Rosetta spacecraft collected this data from comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko between August 10 and September 2, 2016. The dataset contains digital numbers from the VIRTIS instrument's telemetry packages, processed with a fixed EGSE software version 2.0 to correct for incomplete products in the prior version.

Use Cases

• Analyzing comet surface composition based on spectral digital numbers
• Studying temporal changes in comet activity during the specified 2016 observation window
• Calibrating or validating VIRTIS instrument data processing pipelines

Strengths

• Data is from a specific, documented mission phase (EXTENSION 3 MTP033) with defined dates.
• Version 2.0 indicates a software fix addressing 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

Collected by the VIRTIS instrument onboard the Rosetta spacecraft.

Time Range

2016-08-10 to 2016-09-02

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 17:15:40.857823; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Vicinity of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.