ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P: OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera Images of Comet 67P

NASA's Rosetta spacecraft captured calibrated image data of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko between July 26 and August 9, 2016. The dataset contains solar and in-field stray-light corrected, radiometric calibrated, and geometric distortion corrected images from the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera. This version 1.0 data was corrected after an external peer review in September 2019.

Use Cases

• Analyzing comet surface features and morphology based on calibrated image data.
• Studying comet activity and outgassing patterns based on radiometric measurements.
• Validating geometric models of comet shape based on distortion-corrected images.
• Comparing surface changes over time based on the specific two-week observation period.

Strengths

• Data is radiometric calibrated and corrected for solar and in-field stray light.
• Covers a specific two-week observation period from 2016-07-26 to 2016-08-09.
• Geometric distortion correction has been applied to the images.
• Underwent an external peer review process, resulting in a corrected version 1.0.

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.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Acquired by the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft.

Time Range

2016-07-26T23:25:00.000 to 2016-08-09T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 15:34:27.444104; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko 1 (1969 R1).