James Webb telescope spies a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid …
4 days ago · The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual "centaur," named 2060 Chiron, has features of both comets and asteroids.
Asteroid-comet hybrid named "Chiron" is unlike anything ever …
5 days ago · The solar system, billions of years old, holds many secrets about its formation. Among its fascinating residents is Chiron, a centaur orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune. New findings by scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shed light on this hybrid of comet and asteroid ...
JWST Just Solved a Decades-Old Mystery About Chiron—Here’s …
4 days ago · The celestial object known as (2060) Chiron is rewriting our understanding of the solar system’s history. Located between Jupiter and Neptune, Chiron belongs to a rare class of hybrid objects called centaurs. These enigmatic celestial bodies display characteristics of both asteroids and comets, making them a fascinating subject for astronomers. What Makes Chiron a …
Astronomers Use JWST To Study a Rare Asteroid-Comet Hybrid Named “Chiron”
1 day ago · Chiron contains signs that it has emitted both carbon dioxide and methane — the first time the two gasses were found released from a Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO), a team of scientists report in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.Chiron’s chemical composition is unique in that carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide ice are part of its surface, while carbon dioxide and methane gas are part of ...
Asteroid-comet chimera Chiron has an unusual ice mix, James …
5 days ago · Chiron's 50-year elliptical orbit around the sun saw it pass through aphelion — its greatest distance from the sun at 18.87 astronomical units (2.8 billion kilometers, or 1.75 billion miles) in ...
Uncovering a Centaur’s Tracks: UCF Scientists Examine Unique Asteroid …
Dec 17, 2024 · UCF researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal one-of-a-kind attributes of (2060) Chiron, a distant “centaur” in space sharing properties of both a comet and an asteroid, giving clues to our Solar System’s origins in a newly published study.
Following in the footsteps of a centaur: Scientists capture Chiron, …
Dec 19, 2024 · 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...
Uncovering a centaur's tracks: Scientists examine unique asteroid …
Dec 18, 2024 · Since Chiron possesses characteristics of both an asteroid and a comet, it makes it rich for studying many processes that could assist in understanding them, she says. Credit: University of ...
Uncovering a centaur’s tracks: UCF scientists | EurekAlert!
Dec 18, 2024 · UCF researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal one-of-a-kind attributes of (2060) Chiron, a distant “centaur” in space sharing properties of both a comet and an asteroid, giving ...
What’s going on with Chiron? New study investigates Solar …
Jul 22, 2024 · The paper reveals that Chiron had experienced an increase or endured an outburst of cometary activity. Queen’s researchers explored Chiron with the Gemini Observatory telescope to search for a fuzzy coma, a common tell-tale sign of a comet.
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