James Webb Space Telescope finds water ice in rings of an asteroid

Cosmos Magazine - Tue 31 Jan 23

NASA’s James Webb Space telescope has found water ice in the ring of a distant object in our solar system, but it’s not Saturn with its remarkable rings, or Neptune, Uranus or even ...

Look! JWST captures images of an asteroid with a ring playing peek-a-boo with a star

Inverse - Thu 26 Jan 23

A handful of planets in our Solar System have rings: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, which most people know. But there are a handful of other objects in our neighborhood that have rings ...

Webb spies Chariklo ring system with high-precision technique

Phys.org - Wed 25 Jan 23

In 2013, Felipe Braga-Ribas and collaborators, using ground-based telescopes, discovered that Chariklo hosts a system of two thin rings. Such rings had been expected only around large planets ...

Webb spies Chariklo ring system with high-precision technique, ScienceDaily - Fri 27 Jan 23
Webb spies Chariklo ring system with high-precision technique, SpaceDaily - Wed 25 Jan 23
Webb spies Chariklo ring system with high-precision technique, Scienmag - Wed 25 Jan 23
Webb spies Chariklo ring system with high-precision technique, Eurekalert - Wed 25 Jan 23

NASA Webb Telescope Zooms in on One of Solar System's Oddest Objects - CNET

CNET Cutting Edge - Fri 27 Jan 23

The space agency's next-generation observatory grabbed a detailed view of asteroid Chariklo and its unusual rings.

NASA's Shocking Discovery Of A Ringed Asteroid 2B Miles Away Was Remarkable Luck

HotHardware - Fri 27 Jan 23

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured footage of a ringed asteroid more than 2 billion miles away using a new technique, known as occultation. Chariklo is 160 miles (250 kilometers) ...

James Webb Space Telescope discovers water ice at ringed asteroid Chariklo 'by remarkable luck'

SPACE.com - Fri 27 Jan 23

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers observe a stellar occultation and discover the first clear evidence for water ice in the Chariklo system. ...

Welcome To Chariklo, A Ringed World In The Solar System Just Examined By The Webb Telescope

Forbes - Wed 25 Jan 23

The James Webb Space Telescope is so precise it can find rings around a tiny icy world a over two billion miles away.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Spots Crystalline Ice on Asteroid 10199 Chariklo

The Science Times - Mon 30 Jan 23

JWST Spots Rings Around Asteroid In First Stellar Occultation, IFLScience - Thu 26 Jan 23
Webb Telescope Spies Chariklo’s Ring System, Mirage News - Thu 26 Jan 23

Webb Detects Water Ice on Chariklo, Spies Its Ring System

Sci.News - Mon 30 Jan 23

Astronomers have captured the reflectance spectrum of the double-ringed centaur 10199 Chariklo and observed the shadows of starlight cast by Chariklo’s thin rings. The post Webb Detects Water ...