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Astronomers Use JWST To Study a Rare Asteroid-Comet Hybrid Named "Chiron"
Discover how probing the components of the half-asteroid, half-comet hybrids reveals that carbon dioxide was present during ...
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Asteroid-comet chimera Chiron has an unusual ice mix, James Webb Space Telescope finds
An object that orbits in the space between Jupiter and Neptune has chemistry that could tell us more about the birth of the ...
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Asteroid-comet hybrid named "Chiron" is unlike anything ever seen before
JWST uncovered Chiron’s rare ices and gases, providing new insights into its unique activity and its link to the solar system ...
An ‘oddball’ asteroid-comet hybrid dates back 4.6 billion years
The JWST’s spectra data also showed the huge amount of various ices with different volatilities and how they are made. Chiron ...
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Uncovering a centaur’s tracks: UCF scientists examine unique asteroid-comet hybrid
UCF researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal one-of-a-kind attributes of (2060) Chiron, a distant “centaur” ...
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Following in the footsteps of a centaur: Scientists capture Chiron, a never-before-seen mix of comet and asteroid
A study with the James Webb Space Telescope led by astronomer Noemí Pinilla-Alonso clarifies the characteristics of the ...
James Webb telescope uncovers secrets of mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid beyond Jupiter
The James Webb Space Telescope reveals new details about Chiron, a unique asteroid-comet hybrid, offering insights into its composition and the early solar system's formation.