ROSETTA-ORBITER STEINS OSINAC 4 AST1 RDR V1.0: Asteroid Steins Fly-By Images, 2008

2867 Steins is the prime target of this dataset. It contains radiometric calibrated and geometric distortion corrected image data acquired by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft. The data covers the period from 2008-08 04 to 2008-10-05 and is provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Use Cases

• Analyze asteroid surface reflectance and albedo based on radiometric calibrated image data
• Study the geometric shape and features of asteroid 2867 Steins based on corrected imagery
• Train machine learning models for asteroid classification based on spectral and morphological characteristics
• Validate spacecraft instrument performance based on data from the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera

Strengths

• Data is radiometric calibrated to units of W/m^2/sr/nm
• Images have undergone geometric distortion correction and resampling
• Covers a defined mission phase from 2008-08-04 to 2008-10-05
• Produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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 Narrow Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft during the STEINS FLY-BY mission phase.

Time Range

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 05:47:19.051350; freshness should be verified

Geography

Asteroid 2867 Steins