ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P: OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera Images of Comet 67P, 2016

From 2016-01-12 to 2016-02-09, this dataset contains processed image data of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko acquired by the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft. The data has been corrected for stray light, radiometrically calibrated, and geometrically resampled, with measurements in W/m^2/sr/nm. It is a CODMAC level 4 dataset from NASA, representing the first version (V1.0) released after an external peer review in September 2019.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface morphology and changes based on calibrated, distortion-corrected images.
• Study comet activity and outgassing processes based on radiometric measurements in specific spectral units.
• Validate or develop image processing algorithms for stray-light correction based on the described calibration pipeline.
• Conduct temporal analysis of comet 67P during the Rosetta mission's extension phase based on the specified date range.

Strengths

• Data is corrected for multiple instrumental effects including solar and in-field stray light.
• Images are radiometrically calibrated to physical units (W/m^2/sr/nm).
• Dataset has undergone an external peer review process as noted in the description.
• Covers a defined period from 2016-01 12 to 2016-02-09 during a specific mission phase (EXTENSION 1).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2016-01-12T23:25:00.000 to 2016-02-09T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 12:46:50.242060; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko