ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSIWAC: Comet 67P Images from August 2014

Solar stray light corrected, radiometric calibrated, and geometric distortion corrected image data in reflectance units. The dataset was acquired by the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft during the PRELANDING mission phase from August 1 to September 2, 2014. This version V1.0 is the first version of this dataset, produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration after an external peer review.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface reflectance properties based on the calibrated reflectance units.
• Study the morphology and geological features of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko based on the corrected image data.
• Model solar stray light effects in space imagery based on the correction processes described.
• Validate geometric correction algorithms for spacecraft camera data based on the resampled images.

Strengths

• Data is processed to CODMAC level 4, indicating a high level of calibration and validation.
• Images are corrected for solar stray light, radiometric calibration, and geometric distortion.
• Covers a specific one-month observation period from 2014-08 01 to 2014-09-02.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is 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

2014-08-01T10:00:00.000 to 2014-09-02T09:59:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 19:55:29.821937; freshness should be verified

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko 1 (1969 R1)