ROSETTA-ORBITER OSINAC: Solar-Stray-Light Corrected Images of Comet 67P, 2016

OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, processed to correct for solar stray light and radiometrically calibrated. The dataset covers a specific mission phase from February 9 to March 8, 2016, with data provided in units of spectral radiance (W/m^2/sr/nm). This version 1.0 dataset was produced by NASA following an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface morphology and albedo based on calibrated spectral radiance images.
• Study temporal changes in cometary activity during the 2016 mission phase.
• Validate or improve photometric correction models for solar stray light in deep-space imagery.
• Correlate surface features with other Rosetta instrument data using the geometric correction mentioned.

Strengths

• Data is calibrated to physical units (W/m^2/sr/nm), enabling quantitative analysis.
• Includes corrections for solar stray light, radiometry, and geometric distortion.
• Covers a defined 28-day observation period from 2016-02-09 to 2016-03-08.
• Peer-reviewed version (V1.0) released after an external review process.

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.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the specific 2016 mission phase.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Acquired by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft.

Time Range

2016-02-09T23:25:00.000 to 2016-03-08T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 14:11:17.470283; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (deep space).