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JWST Reveals the Kuiper Belt-like Compositions of the Uranian Rings and Small Moons
Matthew Belyakov, M. Ryleigh Davis, Zachariah Milby +2
We present the JWST NIRSpec 1--5 micron spectra of the Uranian rings and four ringmoons: Puck, Perdita, Portia, and Juliet. We find that the compositions of the rings and moons str…
Linear Continuum Modelling to Explain The Majority of Bulk Features of Kuiper Belt Object Spectra
Wesley C. Fraser, Laura E. Buchanan, Ian Wong +2
The first analyses of the James Webb Space Telescope spectra of trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) revealed three discrete types of surfaces. This seems to contradict ground-based spec…
JWST/MIRI Finds ISM-like Amorphous Silicates in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Matthew Belyakov, Ian Wong, Carey M. Lisse +7
We present the first spectroscopic mineralogical analysis of the dust coma of an interstellar object (ISO) from JWST mid-infrared spectroscopy of 3I/ATLAS (3I). 3I exhibits a stron…
JWST reveals anomalously enhanced methane outgassing from below Chiron's water ice and carbon dioxide bearing surface
Ian Wong, Silvia Protopapa, Aurélie Guilbert-Lepoutre +7
Centaurs are inward-scattered Kuiper belt objects, with some exhibiting comet-like activity. The physical mechanisms powering this activity remain poorly understood, with carbon mo…
JWST Near Infrared Spectroscopy of High Albedo Jupiter Trojans: A New Surface Type in the Trojan Belt
Michael E. Brown, Ian Wong, Matthew Belyakov
We present 0.8 to 5 m JWST spectra of four 20 km diameter Jupiter Trojans known to have albedos elevated above the values typical in the remaining Trojan population. The s…
JWST Spectroscopy of a Blue Binary Cold Classical Kuiper Belt Object
Ian Wong, Bryan J. Holler, Wesley C. Fraser +1
We present observations of two binary systems within the cold classical region of the Kuiper belt2001 XR254 and 2016 BP81obtained with the JWST Near-Infrared Spectrograph. Th…
JWST Spectrophotometry of the Small Satellites of Uranus and Neptune
Matthew Belyakov, M. Ryleigh Davis, Zachariah Milby +2
We use 1.4-4.6 micron multi-band photometry of the small inner Uranian and Neptunian satellites obtained with the James Webb Space Telescope's near-infrared imager NIRCam to charac…
JWST near-infrared spectroscopy of the Lucy Jupiter Trojan flyby targets: Evidence for OH absorption, aliphatic organics, and CO
Ian Wong, Michael E. Brown, Joshua P. Emery +6
We present observations obtained with the Near Infrared Spectrograph on JWST of the five Jupiter Trojans that will be visited by the Lucy spacecraft -- the Patroclus-Menoetius bina…