ROSETTA-ORBITER OSINAC: Comet 67P Reflectance Images, Oct-Nov 2014

OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, processed to reflectance units. Data covers the period from 2014-10-24T10:00:00.000 to 2014-11-21T23:24:59.000 during the Rosetta mission's PRELANDING phase. This version V1.0 is the first release from NASA, corrected after a 2019 external peer review.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface morphology and albedo based on calibrated reflectance imagery.
• Train machine learning models for feature detection on extraterrestrial bodies based on high-resolution space camera data.
• Study temporal changes on a comet's nucleus during a specific mission phase.
• Validate geometric correction and radiometric calibration algorithms for remote sensing data.

Strengths

• Data is radiometrically calibrated and corrected for solar and in-field stray light.
• Images are geometrically distortion corrected and resampled.
• Covers a defined mission phase from 2014-10-24 to 2014-11-21.
• 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

2014-10 24T10:00:00.000 to 2014-11-21T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 16:58:04.249551; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko