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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…