ROSETTA-ORBITER STEINS: OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera Images of Asteroid 2867 Steins

The Rosetta spacecraft OSIRIS Wide Angle Camera captured this data during the STEINS FLY-BY mission phase from August 4 to October 5, 2008. It contains solar stray light corrected, radiometric calibrated, and geometric distortion corrected image data in units of W/m^2/sr/nm. This V1.0 dataset was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Use Cases

• Analyze the surface reflectance and albedo of asteroid 2867 Steins based on the radiometric calibrated imagery.
• Study the geometric shape and features of the asteroid based on the distortion corrected images.
• Model solar stray light effects in deep space imaging based on the correction techniques applied to this data.

Strengths

• Data is processed to CODMAC level 4, indicating a high level of calibration and correction.
• Covers a specific two-month mission phase with a defined prime target (asteroid 2867 Steins).
• Images are provided in physical units (W/m^2/sr/nm) suitable for quantitative analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats 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 17:55:53.906475; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Deep space, targeting asteroid 2867 Steins.