ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P: OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera Georeferenced Comet Images

OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera data from the ROSETTA EXTENSION 2 mission phase, covering the period from 2016-05 31 to 2016-06-28. The dataset contains pixel-precise georeferencing information for comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It is a CODMAC level 5 derived data product from NASA, version V1.0, corrected after an October 2018 peer review.

Use Cases

• Generate high-resolution surface maps of comet 67P based on georeferenced imagery.
• Analyze temporal changes on the comet's surface during the specified mission phase.
• Train computer vision models for feature detection on extraterrestrial bodies using the calibrated images.

Strengths

• Data is georeferenced with pixel-precise accuracy.
• Covers a specific 28-day mission phase in 2016.
• Dataset is versioned (V1.0) and has undergone 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

2016-05-31T23:25:00.000 to 2016-06-28T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 15:58:58.785327; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko