Very cool! I am curious how the scientific community views this situation, as it's quite rare to detect something like this. I read the JWST might be able to image it, but couldn't find that information. Can you share more?
I cannot speak for the community, I don't have a very broad contact list for this sort of thing. Among the few people I know this has definitely drummed up some interest though (there are not nearly as many people who study asteroids as the public would think). Where JWST points is a complicated process that I only have a vague understanding of, this would likely require some kind of director discretionary time (I dont even know if JWST does that).
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Very cool! I am curious how the scientific community views this situation, as it's quite rare to detect something like this. I read the JWST might be able to image it, but couldn't find that information. Can you share more?
I cannot speak for the community, I don't have a very broad contact list for this sort of thing. Among the few people I know this has definitely drummed up some interest though (there are not nearly as many people who study asteroids as the public would think). Where JWST points is a complicated process that I only have a vague understanding of, this would likely require some kind of director discretionary time (I dont even know if JWST does that).