ROSETTA-ORBITER OSIRIS NAC: Reflectance Images of Comet 67P, June-July 2016

OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, processed to reflectance units and corrected for stray light and geometry. The dataset covers a specific period from 2016-06-28 to 2016 07-26. This version V1.0 is the first release from NASA, following an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyzing comet surface albedo and reflectance properties based on calibrated reflectance units.
• Studying the morphology and geological features of comet 67P based on high-resolution image data.
• Validating or developing image processing pipelines for spaceborne remote sensing data based on described stray light and geometric corrections.

Strengths

• Data is calibrated to reflectance units and corrected for solar stray light and geometric distortion.
• Covers a defined one-month observation period from 2016-06-28 to 2016-07-26.
• Produced by NASA and has undergone an external peer 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.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2016-06-28T23:25:00.000 to 2016-07-26T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 14:56:26.819144; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko