ROSETTA-ORBITER STEINS OSINAC 4 AST1: Asteroid Reflectance Images

OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera reflectance images of asteroid 2867 Steins were acquired by the Rosetta spacecraft from August 4 to October 5, 2008. This CODMAC level 4 dataset contains radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected image data. The data is provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Use Cases

• Analyze asteroid surface reflectance properties based on radiometric calibrated images.
• Study geometric features of asteroid 2867 Steins based on corrected image data.
• Validate remote sensing calibration techniques for space missions based on the described processing level.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific mission phase from August 4 to October 5, 2008.
• Images are radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected.
• Dataset is versioned as V1.0, indicating a defined release.

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 Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft.

Time Range

2008-08-04T00:00:00.000 to 2008-10-05T23:59:59.000

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 08:40:54.672745; freshness should be verified.