ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSIWAC: Georeferenced Comet 67P Imagery from 2016

From 2016-02-09 to 2016-03-08, the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft captured images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This dataset contains derived, pixel-precise georeferencing information for those images, produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The V1.0 version reflects corrections made after an external peer review in October 2018.

Use Cases

• Generate precise surface maps of comet 67P based on the pixel-precise georeferencing information.
• Analyze temporal changes in comet surface features during the specified mission phase.
• Validate or calibrate other remote sensing data using the georeferenced image products.
• Support 3D modeling of the comet nucleus using accurately located imagery.

Strengths

• Data is georeferenced with pixel-level precision.
• Dataset versioning indicates a corrected release after an external peer review in October 2018.
• Covers a specific 28-day mission phase with a defined start and end time.

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.

Time Range

2016-02-09T23:25:00.000 to 2016-03-08T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Metadata was last updated on 2026-03-13.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko