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

NASA's ROSETTA-ORBITER 67P OSIWAC 5 EXT1-MTP027 DDR-GEO V1.0 dataset contains derived, pixel-precise georeferencing data from the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft. The data covers comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from March 8 to April 5, 2016. This is the first version (V1.0) of the dataset, corrected after an October 2018 peer review.

Use Cases

• Generate precise surface maps of comet 67P based on the georeferencing information.
• Analyze temporal changes on the comet's surface during the specified mission phase.
• Train computer vision models for crater or feature detection on extraterrestrial bodies.
• Correlate camera observations with other Rosetta instrument data for multi-modal analysis.

Strengths

• Data is pixel-precise georeferenced, suggesting high locational accuracy.
• Covers a defined 29-day observation period from 2016-03-08 to 2016-04-05.
• Dataset version V1.0 incorporates corrections from an October 2018 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.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Acquired by the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft during the ROSETTA EXTENSION 1 mission phase.

Time Range

2016-03-08T23:25:00.000 to 2016-04-05T23:24:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 17:46:00.912826; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko