ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSIWAC: Calibrated Comet Images from Prelanding Phase

From 2014-05-07 to 2014-06-04, this dataset contains radiometrically calibrated and geometrically corrected image data acquired by the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft. It targets comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and is a version 2.0 release from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with updated documentation and quality improvements.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface morphology and albedo based on calibrated radiance values.
• Study temporal changes on the comet nucleus during the prelanding approach phase.
• Validate and improve photometric models using the documented bandpass filter characteristics.
• Assess image quality for scientific analysis using the provided quality maps and header keywords.

Strengths

• Data is radiometrically calibrated to physical units (W/m^2/sr/nm).
• Geometric distortion has been corrected and the data is resampled.
• Version 2.0 includes updates from an external peer review and improved handling of image artifacts.
• Specific temporal coverage from 2014-05-07T12:48:00.000 to 2014-06-04T10:49:59.000.

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

2014-05-07T12:48:00.000 to 2014-06-04T10:49:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 18:54:02.214367; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko