ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSIWAC: OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera Reflectance Images

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is the prime target of this dataset. It contains solar stray light corrected, radiometric calibrated, and geometric distortion corrected image data in reflectance units, acquired by the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft. The data covers the period from September 2 to September 23, 2014, and was produced by NASA.

Use Cases

• Analyzing comet surface reflectance properties based on calibrated reflectance units
• Studying geometric features of comet 67P based on distortion-corrected image data
• Investigating solar stray light effects on comet imagery based on the correction process mentioned

Strengths

• Data is radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected, indicating processed scientific quality
• Coverage spans a specific 21-day period from 2014-09-02 to 2014-09-23
• Dataset is version V1.0, described as the first version after an external peer review

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

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 06:56:45.639007; freshness should be verified

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko