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

OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera images from the Rosetta spacecraft, covering the period from 2016-09 02T06:40:00.000 to 2016-09-26T06:39:59.000. This CODMAC level 4 dataset contains solar stray-light corrected, radiometric calibrated, and geometric distortion corrected image data in reflectance units, with the prime target being comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The dataset is version V1.0, produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface morphology and albedo variations based on calibrated reflectance imagery.
• Study temporal changes on the comet's surface during the specified mission phase.
• Train or validate computer vision models for feature detection on planetary bodies.
• Perform photometric studies of the comet's nucleus using normalized reflectance data.

Strengths

• Data is processed to CODMAC level 4, indicating solar stray-light corrected, in-field stray-light corrected, radiometric calibrated, and geometric distortion corrected imagery.
• Covers a specific 24-day observation period in September 2016, providing a temporal snapshot.
• Target is explicitly defined as comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, a well-studied celestial body.

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.
• 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 during the ROSETTA EXTENSION 3 mission phase.

Time Range

2016-09-02T06:40:00.000 to 2016-09-26T06:39:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 14:42:55.987917; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (1969 R1)