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

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko images acquired by the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft from 2016-06 28 to 2016-07-26. The dataset contains radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected image data in reflectance units. This version V1.0 is the first version, corrected after an October 2018 external peer review.

Use Cases

• Analyzing comet surface albedo and reflectance properties based on calibrated reflectance units.
• Studying the morphology and geological features of comet 67P based on corrected image data.
• Training computer vision models for automated feature detection on cometary surfaces based on the image dataset.
• Conducting temporal analysis of comet surface changes during the specified mission phase.

Strengths

• Data is radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected, indicating a processed, analysis-ready state.
• Covers a defined mission phase from 2016-06-28 to 2016-07-26, providing temporal specificity.
• Dataset is versioned (V1.0) and has undergone an external peer review process 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.

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 06:14:47.208859; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko