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

Solar stray light corrected and radiometrically calibrated image data from the Rosetta spacecraft's OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera. The dataset covers a specific mission phase from September 26 to October 1, 2016, with the prime target being comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This version 1.0 data was corrected following an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyzing cometary surface morphology and albedo variations based on calibrated reflectance data.
• Studying comet 67P's activity and outgassing near perihelion based on time-series imagery from a defined mission phase.
• Validating photometric models of cometary nuclei using stray-light-corrected and geometrically corrected images.

Strengths

• Data is corrected for solar stray light, radiometrically calibrated, and geometrically distortion corrected.
• Covers a specific, defined time range from 2016-09-26T06:40:00.000 to 2016-10-01T00:00:00.000.
• Dataset versioning indicates a peer-reviewed correction process for version V1.0.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, requiring manual inspection after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific tasks.
• The dataset's specific license is listed only as 'other-license-specified', requiring verification.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2016-09-26T06:40:00.000 to 2016-10-01T00:00:00.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 15:10:05.328032; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko