ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSINAC: Georeferenced Comet 67P Images from 2016

NASA's Rosetta spacecraft OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera captured this dataset of georeferenced images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The data covers a one-month period from June 28 to July 26, 2016, during the ROSETTA EXTENSION 3 mission phase. This version V1.0 is the first corrected release following an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Generate 3D terrain models based on pixel-precise georeferencing information.
• Analyze comet surface feature evolution over the one-month observation period.
• Train computer vision models for automated feature detection on comet surfaces.
• Conduct photometric studies of the comet nucleus using calibrated imagery.

Strengths

• Data is georeferenced with pixel-precise accuracy.
• Covers a defined one-month observation period 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

2016-06 28T23:25:00.000 to 2016-07-26T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 15:16:01.553502; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko