ROSETTA-ORBITER: OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera Images of Comet 67P

OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera image data from the Rosetta spacecraft's extension 1 mission phase, radiometrically calibrated and geometrically corrected to reflectance units. The dataset covers observations of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from January 12 to February 9, 2016. This version V1.0 is the first release from NASA, corrected after an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface reflectance properties based on calibrated image data.
• Study geometric features and terrain on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
• Validate or develop image processing algorithms for spaceborne camera data.
• Conduct temporal analysis of cometary activity during the specified 2016 observation period.

Strengths

• Data is radiometrically calibrated and geometrically distortion-corrected (CODMAC level 4).
• Covers a defined observation period from 2016-01-12 to 2016-02-09.
• Dataset version V1.0 incorporates corrections from an October 2018 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.

Time Range

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 05:44:13.074912; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko