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

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is the prime target of this dataset. It contains solar stray light corrected, radiometric calibrated, and geometric distortion corrected image data in reflectance units, acquired by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft. The data covers the period from 2014-01-20 to 2014-05-07 and is a CODMAC level 4 dataset produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface albedo and reflectance properties based on the calibrated reflectance units.
• Study the morphology and geological features of comet 67P based on the geometric distortion corrected image data.
• Model comet activity and surface changes over time based on the temporal coverage from January to May 2014.
• Validate remote sensing image processing pipelines using the solar stray light corrected and radiometric calibrated data.

Strengths

• Data is processed to CODMAC level 4, indicating it is calibrated and corrected.
• Images are corrected for solar stray light, radiometric calibration, and geometric distortion.
• Covers a defined time range from 2014-01 20T10:00:00.000 to 2014-05-07T12:47:59.000.
• Produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a recognized space agency.

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

2014-01-20T10:00:00.000 to 2014-05-07T12:47:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 16:07:35.414861; freshness should be verified

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko