ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P: OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera Reflectance Images, Sep 2014

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko images from the Rosetta spacecraft's OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera, covering the period from 2014-09 02 to 2014-09-23. This CODMAC level 4 dataset contains radiometrically calibrated and geometrically corrected image data in reflectance units, produced by NASA. The V1.0 version is the first release, corrected after an October 2018 external peer review.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface albedo and reflectance properties based on the radiometrically calibrated image data.
• Study geometric features and terrain of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko based on the distortion-corrected images.
• Model cometary activity and surface changes during the prelanding mission phase based on the temporal coverage.
• Validate and compare image processing algorithms for spaceborne instrumentation based on the peer-reviewed calibration.

Strengths

• Data is radiometrically calibrated and geometrically distortion-corrected to CODMAC level 4 standards.
• Covers a specific 21-day mission phase from 2014-09-02 to 2014-09-23.
• Dataset version V1.0 has undergone an external peer review process as of 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.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Acquired by the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft during the PRELANDING mission phase.

Time Range

2014-09-02T10:00:00.000 to 2014-09-23T09:59:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 09:50:20.365077; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (prime target).