ROSETTA-ORBITER: OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera Images of Comet 67P, July-August 2014

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is the prime target of this image dataset from the Rosetta spacecraft's OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera. The dataset contains solar stray light corrected, radiometrically calibrated, and geometrically distortion corrected image data in reflectance units, covering the period from 2014-07-02 to 2014-08-01. This version V1.0 is the first release of the dataset, produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and corrected after an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyzing comet surface albedo and reflectance properties based on the calibrated reflectance units.
• Studying the morphology and features of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko based on the geometric distortion corrected images.
• Conducting temporal analysis of comet activity during the prelanding mission phase based on the July-August 2014 time range.
• Validating image processing pipelines for solar stray light correction based on the described data preparation.

Strengths

• Data is processed to CODMAC level 4, indicating solar stray light correction, radiometric calibration, and geometric distortion correction.
• Covers a defined one-month observation period from 2014-07-02 to 2014-08 01.
• Dataset version V1.0 has undergone an external peer review process as noted in the description.

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 during the PRELANDING mission phase.

Time Range

2014-07-02T08:35:00.000 to 2014-08-01T09:59:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 18:47:59.864205; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (1969 R1).