ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P VIRTIS 2: Prelanding Telemetry Data for Comet 67P

Comet 67P data collected by the Rosetta spacecraft's VIRTIS instrument during the PRELANDING MTP005 phase from July 2, 2014 to August 1, 2014. This version 2.0 dataset contains digital numbers from telemetry packages, produced by a fixed EGSE software that corrected incomplete products from the old version. The dataset is provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface and atmospheric properties based on VIRTIS instrument telemetry
• Study temporal changes in comet 67P during the prelanding phase
• Validate and compare data processing between software versions
• Model comet thermal and spectral characteristics using raw digital numbers

Strengths

• Data covers a specific one-month operational phase from 2014-07-02 to 2014-08-01
• Version 2.0 is produced by a fixed EGSE software, correcting incomplete products from the old version
• Dataset originates from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

Digital numbers contained in telemetry packages from the VIRTIS instrument on the Rosetta spacecraft.

Time Range

2014-07-02 to 2014-08-01

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 12:24:27.874910; freshness should be verified

Geography

vicinity of comet 67P