ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P: OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera Reflectance Images, August-September 2016

ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSIWAC 4 EXT3-MTP033 RDR-REFLECT V1.0 is a calibrated image dataset from the Rosetta spacecraft's OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera. It contains radiometric and geometric distortion corrected images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in reflectance units, covering the period from 2016-08-09 to 2016-09-02. This version 1.0 dataset was produced by NASA following an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyzing comet surface albedo and photometric properties based on radiometric calibrated reflectance data.
• Studying temporal changes on the comet's nucleus based on imagery from a defined mission phase.
• Training computer vision models for feature detection on cometary surfaces based on geometric distortion corrected images.
• Validating photometric models of comet 67P based on normalized reflectance units.

Strengths

• Data is radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected, indicating a processed scientific product.
• Covers a specific 24-day observation period from 2016-08-09 to 2016-09-02.
• Dataset version V1.0 indicates a formal release following an external peer review process.

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

2016-08 09T23:25:00.000 to 2016-09-02T06:39:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 18:11:27.174407; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko