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

OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera images from the Rosetta spacecraft, radiometrically calibrated and geometrically corrected to reflectance units. This dataset covers a 24-day period from September 2 to 26, 2016, with the prime target being comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It is the first version (V1.0) of this CODMAC level 4 dataset, corrected after an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyzing surface albedo and reflectance properties of the comet based on calibrated reflectance data.
• Studying temporal changes in cometary activity and surface features during the September 2016 observation period.
• Training computer vision models for automated feature detection on planetary bodies based on corrected image data.
• Validating geometric models of the comet's shape and topography using distortion-corrected images.

Strengths

• Data is radiometrically calibrated and geometrically distortion-corrected to reflectance units.
• Covers a specific 24-day observation period from 2016-09 02 to 2016-09-26.
• Dataset version V1.0 incorporates corrections from an October 2018 external peer review.

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 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 14:30:46.041630; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko