ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSIWAC 2: Uncalibrated Comet Images from Prelanding Phase

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is the prime target of this uncalibrated image data set acquired by the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration produced this data, which covers the period from 2014-06-04 to 2014-07-02. This version V3.0 supersedes previous deliveries with corrected data, updated documentation, and improved handling of images with missing packets.

Use Cases

• Analyzing comet surface morphology based on uncalibrated image data in DN units.
• Studying temporal changes on comet 67P during the prelanding mission phase.
• Developing image processing pipelines for raw spacecraft camera data.
• Validating and comparing results with updated data quality maps and ancillary files.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific time range from 2014-06-04T10:50:00.000 to 2014-07-02T08:34:59.000.
• Version V3.0 includes corrections from external peer reviews and updated documentation.
• Dataset merges two previous deliveries (RO-C-OSIWAC-2-PRL-67PCHURYUMOV-M04-V1.0 and M04B-V1.0) into one continuous set.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is uncalibrated (in DN units), requiring additional processing for scientific analysis.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2014-06-04T10:50:00.000 to 2014-07-02T08:34:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 15:36:28.732320; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (1969 R1)