Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Webb telescope found an asteroid by total accident

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February 7, 2023
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The Launchpad
Webb telescope found an asteroid by total accident
(N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), ESO/M. Kornmesser and S. Brunier, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org))
The space rock is around the size of the Colosseum in Rome and might well be the smallest object that the space telescope has spotted since it was sent into space at the end of 2021
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Space quiz! The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) unexpectedly discovered a small space rock in the main asteroid belt that is found between which two solar system planets?
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