ROSETTA-ORBITER STEINS OSIWAC 3: Asteroid Fly-By Images from 2008

Radiometric calibrated image data in W/m^2/sr/nm acquired by the OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera on the Rosetta spacecraft during the STEINS FLY-BY mission phase, covering the period from 2008-08-04 to 2008-10-05. The prime target is asteroid 2867 Steins. This version V2.0 supersedes previous deliveries and was reprocessed after an October 2018 external peer review.

Use Cases

• Analyze asteroid surface properties based on radiometric calibrated image data.
• Study the morphology of asteroid 2867 Steins based on spacecraft imagery.
• Validate or improve radiometric calibration models for space-based cameras.
• Conduct temporal analysis of the asteroid during the 2008 fly-by period.

Strengths

• Data is radiometrically calibrated to physical units (W/m^2/sr/nm).
• Covers a specific mission phase from 2008-08-04 to 2008-10 05.
• Dataset is versioned (V2.0) and has undergone external peer review.

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

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 06:06:18.153498; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Space; target is asteroid 2867 Steins.