ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P: OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera Reflectance Images

Radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected image data in reflectance units acquired by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft. The dataset covers the period from 2016-09-02 to 2016-09-26, targeting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This version V1.0 is the first version of this dataset, corrected after an October 2018 external peer review.

Use Cases

• Analyzing comet surface reflectance properties based on calibrated image data.
• Studying the geometric features of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko based on corrected imagery.
• Validating and comparing comet surface models using data from a specific mission phase (ROSETTA EXTENSION 3).

Strengths

• Data is radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected.
• Covers a specific 24-day observation period from September 2016.
• Targets a prime celestial object, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
• Dataset versioning indicates a peer-reviewed correction 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

2016-09-02T06:40:00.000 to 2016-09-26T06:39:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 15:54:40.190646; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko