ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSINAC: Calibrated Comet 67P Images from 2016

Calibrated image data in reflectance units acquired by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft. The dataset covers the period from 2016-01 12 to 2016-02-09, targeting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This version V1.0 is the first version, produced by NASA after a 2019 external peer review.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface reflectance properties based on the calibrated, normalized image data.
• Study the geometric features and morphology of comet 67P based on the distortion-corrected imagery.
• Model cometary activity and surface changes over time based on the January-February 2016 time range.

Strengths

• Data has undergone multiple correction processes: solar stray-light, in-field stray-light, radiometric, and geometric distortion correction.
• Covers a specific time period from 2016-01-12T23:25:00.000 to 2016-02-09T23:24:59.000.
• Is the first version (V1.0) of this dataset, corrected after a September 2019 external peer review.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Acquired by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft during the ROSETTA EXTENSION 1 mission phase.

Time Range

2016-01-12T23:25:00.000 to 2016-02-09T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 14:12:30.683651; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko