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

Calibrated image data from the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft, showing comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The dataset contains solar stray-light corrected, radiometric calibrated, and geometric distortion corrected images in reflectance units. It covers the period from 2016-06-28 to 2016-07 26 and was produced by NASA as version V1.0.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface features and morphology based on calibrated reflectance imagery.
• Study temporal changes on the comet's surface during the specified mission phase.
• Validate or develop image processing algorithms for space-based remote sensing.

Strengths

• Data has undergone multiple calibration steps including stray-light correction and radiometric calibration.
• Covers a defined temporal range from 2016-06-28 to 2016-07-26.
• Produced by the authoritative source NASA.

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

2016-06-28T23:25:00.000 to 2016-07-26T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026 03-13 16:08:17.330999; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko