NSSDCA ID: PSSB-01678
Availability: Archived at NSSDC, accessible from elsewhere
This description was generated automatically using input from the Planetary Data System.
Required Reading ================ The format of all Alice data are described in detail by the EAICD document located in the /DOCUMENT directory. The Alice team strongly recommends reading this documentation before using the data. Data Set Overview ================= This data set contains reformatted, calibrated data acquired by the Rosetta Orbiter ALICE UV Spectrometer during the comet escort 1 mission phase, which took place between 2014-11-19 and 2015-03-10. Processing ========== The data in this data set are CODMAC level 4 data, and, as such, have been calibrated and reformatted. Corrections for detector dead time, dark counts, flatfield, and effective area have generally been applied. The primary FITS header contains a list of which corrections have been applied to that file. See the CALIBRATION_COOKBOOK.PDF in the DOCUMENT directory for more information. Data ==== The data are in FITS format and text format. Each FITS file has a detached PDS label so that they can be read either by FITS or PDS tools. A detailed description of the data format is given in the ALICE EAICD document located in the DOCUMENT directory of this data set. Ancillary Data ============== No ancillary data included in this data set. Coordinate System ================= The geometry items SC_SUN_POSITION_VECTOR, SC_TARGET_POSITION_VECTOR and SC_TARGET_VELOCITY_VECTOR provided in the label of the data product are relative to the Earth Mean Equator and Equinox reference frame of J2000. SUB_SPACECRAFT_LATITUDE, SUB_SPACECRAFT_LONGITUDE are given in the Cheops reference frame. These parameters are computed at time t=START_TIME. Distances are given in km, angles in degrees. The 67P/C-G_CK comet frame is defined by the kernel file, ROS_CHURYUMOV_V01.TF. Software ======== All FITS readers should be able to successfully read the data.
These data are available on-line from the Planetary Data System (PDS) at:
https://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/holdings/ro-c_cal-alice-4-esc1-v1.0/
Questions and comments about this data collection can be directed to: Dr. David R. Williams
Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Dr. Alan Stern | Data Provider | NASA Headquarters | alan.stern@nasa.gov |
Dr. Andrew J. Steffl | General Contact | Southwest Research Institute | steffl@boulder.swri.edu |