ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSINAC 5: Georeferenced Comet Imagery from September 2016

OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, georeferenced with pixel-precise accuracy. This CODMAC level 5 dataset contains derived data products from the ROSETTA EXTENSION 3 mission phase, covering a 24-day period from September 2 to 26, 2016. The dataset is version V1.0, a corrected release following an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Generate high-resolution surface maps of comet 67P based on georeferenced imagery.
• Analyze temporal changes in comet surface features during the September 2016 observation period.
• Train computer vision models for automatic feature detection on planetary bodies.
• Validate or correlate findings from other Rosetta mission instrument datasets.

Strengths

• Data is georeferenced with pixel-precise accuracy, enabling precise spatial analysis.
• Covers a specific 24-day observation period from 2016-09-02 to 2016-09-26.
• Dataset is a peer-reviewed, corrected version (V1.0) following an external review process.
• Originates from a major space agency (NASA) and a flagship mission (Rosetta).

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.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the specific 24-day observation window.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Acquired by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft.

Time Range

2016-09-02T06:40:00.000 to 2016-09-26T06:39:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 15:26:56.709721; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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