ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSIWAC: Solar Stray Light Corrected Comet Images, 2014

NASA's ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSIWAC 4 PRL-MTP006 RDR-STRLIGHT V1.0 dataset contains solar stray light corrected, radiometric calibrated, and geometric distortion corrected image data in W/m^2/sr/nm. The data was acquired by the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft during the PRELANDING mission phase from August to September 2014, targeting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This V1.0 version is the first release following an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyzing comet surface albedo and reflectance properties based on radiometric calibration.
• Studying temporal changes on a comet's nucleus based on imagery from a defined mission phase.
• Developing image correction algorithms for space-based cameras based on the described stray light and geometric distortion corrections.
• Training machine learning models for feature detection on small celestial bodies based on high-resolution comet imagery.

Strengths

• Data is processed to CODMAC level 4, indicating high-level calibration and correction.
• Imagery is radiometrically calibrated with physical units (W/m^2/sr/nm).
• Covers a specific, defined time range from 2014-08-01 to 2014-09-02.
• Dataset has undergone an external peer review process as noted in the description.

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.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

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 14:59:10.533278; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (1969 R1)