ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSINAC: Solar-Corrected Comet 67P Images from 2014

NASA's CODMAC level 4 dataset contains solar stray light corrected, radiometric calibrated, and geometric distortion corrected image data from the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft. The data, measured in W/m^2/sr/nm, covers the period from 2014-10 24 to 2014-11-21 during the PRELANDING mission phase, targeting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This V1.0 version is the first release, corrected after an October 2018 external peer review.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface albedo and reflectance properties based on radiometric calibrated imagery.
• Study the morphology and geological features of comet 67P based on geometric distortion corrected images.
• Model solar illumination and scattering effects on cometary nuclei based on solar stray light corrected data.
• Validate and develop remote sensing calibration pipelines based on the described CODMAC level 4 processing.

Strengths

• Data is processed to CODMAC level 4, indicating solar stray light correction, radiometric calibration, and geometric resampling.
• Covers a defined observation period from 2014-10-24 to 2014-11-21.
• Dataset version V1.0 indicates a formal release following an October 2018 external peer review.

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 18:31:26.941181; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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