Webb Telescope detects new population of small Main Belt Asteroids

Webb Telescope detects new population of small Main Belt Asteroids

Space Daily

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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2024

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has expanded its role in solar system research, revealing a previously undetectable population of small asteroids within the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used Webb's observations of the star TRAPPIST-1 to identify 138 new asteroids ranging in size from a bus to a stadium. These

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