ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P: OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera Images of Comet 67P, 2014

CODMAC level 4 data contains radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected image data in W/m^2/sr/nm. It was acquired by the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft during the PRELANDING mission phase from 2014-01 20 to 2014-05-07. The dataset is produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and targets comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface morphology and features based on calibrated wide-angle images.
• Study temporal changes on the comet nucleus during the pre-landing approach phase.
• Perform photometric modeling based on radiometric calibration in W/m^2/sr/nm.
• Validate geometric correction algorithms for spacecraft camera data.

Strengths

• Data is radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected (CODMAC level 4).
• Covers a defined mission phase from 2014-01-20 to 2014-05-07.
• Version 2.0 includes updates from an external peer review and improved handling of image quality issues.

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

2014-01-20T10:00:00.000 to 2014 05-07T12:47:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 13:03:27.417502; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko