ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSINAC: Reflectance Images of Comet 67P, August 2014

NASA's ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSINAC 4 PRL-MTP006 RDR-REFLECT V1.0 dataset contains radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected image data in reflectance units. The data was acquired by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft during the PRELANDING mission phase from 2014-08-01 to 2014-09-02, targeting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This version V1.0 is the first version of this dataset, corrected after an October 2018 PSA/PDS external peer review.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface albedo and reflectance properties based on radiometric calibrated imagery.
• Study geometric features and morphology of comet 67P based on distortion corrected images.
• Model comet surface composition and activity based on normalized reflectance data.
• Validate and compare remote sensing algorithms for small body observation based on spacecraft-acquired imagery.

Strengths

• Data is radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected.
• Coverage is from a specific mission phase (PRELANDING) over a defined period from 2014-08-01 to 2014-09-02.
• Dataset is version V1.0, corrected after an October 2018 PSA/PDS external peer review.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count, file formats, and sample data 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

2014-08-01T10:00:00.000 to 2014-09-02T09:59:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-05 19:51:29.032426; freshness should be verified.