ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSIWAC 4 EXT3-MTP035 RDR-STRLIGHT V1.0

OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera image data from the Rosetta spacecraft's EXTENSION 3 mission phase, covering the period from 2016-09 26T06:40:00.000 to 2016-10-01T00:00:00.000. The dataset contains solar stray light corrected, radiometric calibrated, and geometric distortion corrected images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, measured in W/m^2/sr/nm. This V1.0 version is the first release from NASA, corrected after an October 2018 external peer review.

Use Cases

• Analyzing comet surface brightness and activity based on calibrated radiance values.
• Studying temporal changes in comet 67P's coma and nucleus based on images from a specific mission phase.
• Developing or validating image correction algorithms for solar stray light based on the described processing steps.
• Conducting photometric studies of cometary features based on radiometrically calibrated data.

Strengths

• Data is processed to CODMAC level 4, indicating a high standard of calibration and correction.
• Images are corrected for solar stray light, radiometric calibration, and geometric distortion, suggesting a refined product.
• Covers a specific, defined observation period from 2016-09-26 to 2016-10-01.
• Version V1.0 indicates a formal release following an external peer review process in October 2018.

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 for large-scale processing.
• Data is from a specific, short time range in 2016, which may limit analysis of longer-term comet behavior.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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 15:05:19.821564; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko