ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSIWAC: Comet 67P Images from March-April 2016

From March 8 to April 5, 2016, the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft acquired this set of calibrated image data. The data is solar stray light corrected, radiometrically calibrated, and geometrically distortion corrected, presented in reflectance units. It was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with this version being the first release following an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface albedo and reflectance properties based on the calibrated reflectance data
• Study the morphology and geological features of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko based on the corrected image data
• Model solar illumination and stray light effects in deep-space imagery based on the correction processes described
• Validate remote sensing algorithms for small body exploration based on the peer-reviewed, calibrated dataset

Strengths

• Data is corrected for solar stray light, radiometrically calibrated, and geometrically distortion corrected, indicating a high level of processing
• Covers a specific temporal range from 2016-03-08T23:25:00.000 to 2016 04-05T23:24:59.000
• Dataset version V1.0 is the result of an external peer review conducted in October 2018

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

2016-03-08T23:25:00.000 to 2016-04-05T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 16:18:41.287593; freshness should be verified

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko