ROSETTA-ORBITER: Solar Stray Light Corrected Images of Comet 67P

OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera image data from the ROSETTA EXTENSION 1 mission phase, covering the period from 2016-01-12 to 2016-02-09. This CODMAC level 4 dataset contains solar stray light corrected, radiometric calibrated, and geometric distortion corrected images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, measured in W/m^2/sr/nm. The dataset is version V1.0, produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration after an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyzing comet surface brightness and albedo based on radiometrically calibrated image data.
• Studying temporal changes in comet 67P's activity and morphology during the specified mission phase.
• Developing or validating image processing algorithms for solar stray light correction in space imagery.
• Conducting photometric studies using the corrected intensity values provided in W/m^2/sr/nm.

Strengths

• Data has undergone multiple correction processes including solar stray light removal, radiometric calibration, and geometric distortion correction.
• Covers a specific 28-day observation period from 2016-01-12 to 2016-02-09, providing a focused temporal snapshot.
• Dataset is version V1.0 and has passed an external peer review process conducted in October 2018.

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 for large-scale processing.

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 19:55:42.517178; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (1969 R1)