ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSIWAC: Reflectance Images of Comet 67P

NASA's Rosetta spacecraft OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera captured radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected reflectance images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The dataset covers the PRELANDING mission phase from September 23 to October 24, 2014. This version V1.0 is the first version, corrected after an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyze comet surface reflectance properties based on radiometric calibrated images
• Study geometric features and morphology of comet 67P based on distortion corrected data
• Model comet albedo and photometric behavior based on normalized reflectance units
• Track changes in comet appearance during the prelanding phase based on the specified time range

Strengths

• Data is radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected
• Coverage is specified for a precise period from 2014-09-23T10:00:00.000 to 2014-10-24T09:59:59.999
• Dataset is versioned as V1.0, indicating a formal release process

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

2014-09-23T10:00:00.000 to 2014-10-24T09:59:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 08:53:39.345904; freshness should be verified

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko