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

From 2016-07-26 to 2016-08-09, this dataset contains processed image data of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The images were acquired by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft during its extended mission and have been radiometrically calibrated and corrected for stray light and geometric distortion. This V1.0 dataset was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and is the first version following an external peer review.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface morphology and geology based on calibrated reflectance imagery.
• Study temporal changes in comet activity and outgassing based on a defined two-week observation period.
• Validate or develop photometric models for cometary surfaces using stray-light corrected data.
• Perform comparative planetary science using geometric distortion corrected images of a specific comet nucleus.

Strengths

• Data is corrected for solar and in-field stray light, radiometric calibration, and geometric distortion.
• Covers a specific two-week period from 2016-07-26 to 2016-08-09.
• Dataset is versioned (V1.0) and has undergone an external peer review process.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, requiring field semantics to be inferred after download.
• The dataset's row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale processing.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2016-07-26T23:25:00.000 to 2016-08-09T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 16:05:51.665778; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko