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

NASA's Rosetta spacecraft collected calibrated data from the VIRTIS instrument during the PRELANDING MTP008 phase from 2014-09-23 to 2014-10-24. This volume supersedes V1.0 with major updates on the data and documentation. The data was gathered while the spacecraft was in the vicinity of comet 67P.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface composition based on calibrated spectral data
• Study temporal changes in comet activity during the prelanding phase
• Validate and improve instrument calibration models using the updated V2.0 data

Strengths

• Data is calibrated, indicating processed and validated measurements
• Major updates on data and documentation compared to the superseded V1.0 version
• Specific temporal coverage from 2014-09-23 to 2014-10-24

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

Calibrated data collected by the VIRTIS instrument on board the Rosetta spacecraft

Time Range

2014-09-23 to 2014-10-24

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 13:13:29.292146; freshness should be verified

Geography

vicinity of comet 67P