The new asteroid is the smallest found by Webb so far and one of the smallest generally detected in the Mars-Jupiter belt
European astronomers have discovered, with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, a previously unknown asteroid with a diameter of 100 to 200 meters, with about the size of the Colosseum in Rome. The asteroid is located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Our solar system is teeming with asteroids of various sizes. To date, astronomers know of over 1.1 million rocky remnants from the early days of our solar system. The new asteroid is the smallest found by Webb so far and one of the smallest generally detected in the Mars-Jupiter belt. This donut-shaped belt contains the majority of asteroids.
The discovery was made by a team of astronomers from Germany (McPlanck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics), Spain (Universities of Alicante and Barcelona), Italy (ESA NEO Coordination Center) and Poland (A. Mickiewicz University), who made a relevant publication in astronomy and astrophysics journal “Astronomy & Astrophysics”. Further observations will follow to shed more light on the nature and properties of the new asteroid.
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