ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSINAC: Solar-Stray-Light Corrected Comet Images

OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, corrected for solar stray light and radiometric calibration. The dataset contains processed image data in W/m^2/sr/nm acquired by the Rosetta spacecraft during its PRELANDING phase from September 2 to September 23, 2014. This V1.0 version is the first release, corrected after an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface albedo and reflectance based on radiometric calibrated image data
• Study geometric features of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko based on distortion-corrected images
• Model solar stray light effects in space imagery based on the correction process described
• Track changes in comet activity during the PRELANDING mission phase based on the specified time range

Strengths

• Data is radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected, providing processed scientific imagery
• Coverage spans a specific 21-day period from 2014-09-02 to 2014-09-23
• Dataset is peer-reviewed, with this V1.0 version corrected after an October 2018 external review

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is 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

2014-09-02T10:00:00.000 to 2014-09-23T09:59:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 04:19:35.061087; freshness should be verified

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko 1 (1969 R1)