ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSIWAC: Solar Stray Light Corrected Comet Images, March-April 2016

Solar stray light corrected and radiometrically calibrated image data from the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft. The dataset covers observations of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from 2016 -03-08 to 2016-04-05 and was produced by NASA. This is the first version (V1.0) of the dataset, corrected after an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyzing comet surface morphology and features based on calibrated image data.
• Studying temporal changes in comet activity and brightness based on the March-April 2016 observation period.
• Validating or developing photometric models for cometary bodies based on radiometric calibration.
• Training machine learning models for automated feature detection on comet surfaces based on the image dataset.

Strengths

• Data is processed to CODMAC level 4, indicating it is calibrated and corrected for geometric distortion and stray light.
• Specific temporal coverage from 2016-03 08T23:25:00.000 to 2016-04-05T23:24:59.000.
• Dataset has undergone an external peer review process as noted in the description.

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.

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 14:14:35.614603; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko