ROSETTA-ORBITER LUTETIA OSINAC 2: Asteroid 21 Lutetia Images from 2010 Fly-By

From 2010-05-17 to 2010-09-03, the Rosetta spacecraft's OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera captured uncalibrated image data of asteroid 21 Lutetia. This dataset contains the raw digital number (DN) unit images from that fly-by mission phase. The data was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and reprocessed after an October 2018 external review.

Use Cases

• Analyze asteroid surface morphology based on uncalibrated image data
• Perform photometric studies on asteroid 21 Lutetia based on raw digital number values
• Compare raw image data with calibrated versions for instrument performance assessment
• Study temporal changes in asteroid appearance during the fly-by period mentioned in the description

Strengths

• Data covers a specific mission phase from 2010-05 17 to 2010-09-03
• Dataset is versioned (V2.0) and has been reprocessed after an external peer review
• Produced by the authoritative organization National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is described as uncalibrated, which may require significant preprocessing for scientific use

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Acquired by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft during the LUTETIA FLY-BY mission phase

Time Range

2010-05-17T00:00:00.000 to 2010-09-03T23:59:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 15:04:54.349436; freshness should be verified

Geography

Asteroid 21 Lutetia