Webb Detects Small Asteroid
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Webb Detects Small Asteroid
"An asteroid roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum — between 300 to 650 feet (100 to 200 meters) in length — has been detected by an international team of European astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope."
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/20 ... t-asteroid
The object is likely the smallest observed to date by Webb and may be an example of an object measuring under 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) in length within the main asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter.
Dave
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/20 ... t-asteroid
The object is likely the smallest observed to date by Webb and may be an example of an object measuring under 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) in length within the main asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter.
Dave
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