ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSIWAC: Calibrated Comet 67P Images from 2016

Radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected image data from the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft. The data covers comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from January 12 to February 9, 2016, and is provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This version 2.0 dataset includes updates from an external peer review and improved handling of images with missing packets.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface morphology and activity based on calibrated wide-angle camera images.
• Study temporal changes in comet 67P's coma and nucleus based on data from a defined mission phase.
• Validate or develop radiometric calibration models for spaceborne instruments based on the described correction processes.
• Assess image data quality for scientific publication based on documented quality maps and header keywords.

Strengths

• Data is radiometric calibrated and geometrically distortion corrected, providing physical units (W/m^2/sr/nm).
• Dataset version 2.0 incorporates corrections from an October 2018 external peer review.
• Documentation includes a user guide with FAQ and image quality sections, and a bandpass filter document.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is 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 16:13:37.327959; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko