ROSETTA-ORBITER RPCICA Mars Swingby Data: Corrected Counts

Mars swingby data from the RPCICA instrument on the ROSETTA mission, corrected for cross-talk and resampled. The dataset contains counts from measurements of the undisturbed solar wind and the Mars magnetosheath, processed with noise treatment that may result in negative values. NASA published this version on 2026-03 13.

Use Cases

• Modeling solar wind interactions with Mars based on magnetosheath data mentioned in the description
• Comparing instrument readings in physical units versus raw counts based on the data correction process described
• Analyzing noise characteristics in space instrument data based on the described treatment algorithms
• Studying the transition from undisturbed solar wind to planetary interaction regions during a flyby

Strengths

• Data has been corrected for cross-talk using an automatic algorithm.
• Noise has been treated to be even regardless of onward noise suppression.
• Contains measurements from both the undisturbed solar wind and the Mars magnetosheath.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is in counts, not physical units, requiring conversion for some analyses.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Corrected and resampled raw data from the RPCICA instrument on the ROSETTA mission during its Mars swingby.

Time Range

During the ROSETTA mission's Mars swingby encounter.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 08:19:39.505021; freshness should be verified

Geography

Mars and its surrounding space environment (magnetosheath and approaching solar wind).