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

OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, radiometrically calibrated and geometrically corrected. The dataset covers observations from May 3 to May 31, 2016, during the Rosetta mission's extension phase. Version 2.0 includes corrections from an external peer review and enhanced documentation.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface morphology based on calibrated image data
• Study temporal changes on comet 67P based on observations over a month
• Validate radiometric calibration models based on the W/m^2/sr/nm units
• Assess image quality issues based on documented shutter backtravel and readout problems

Strengths

• Data is radiometrically calibrated and geometrically distortion corrected
• Version 2.0 includes corrections from an October 2018 external peer review
• Coverage spans a specific month (May 2016) of the Rosetta mission extension

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is 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

2016-05-03T23:25:00.000 to 2016-05-31T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 09:05:54.584260; freshness should be verified

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko