Asteroid The Size Of The Colosseum Serendipitously Spotted By JWST
JWST has discovered its first asteroid , and it is quite a little object , all things considered . The distance rock is between 100 and 200 meters in distance ( 300 to 650 feet ) , which is roughly the size of the Colosseum in Rome . It orbits the Sun in the main asteroid belt , which is located betweenMarsand Jupiter . The discovery was serendipitous because the team were using the Mid - InfraRed Instrument ( MIRI ) to look at a different asteroid call ( 10920 ) 1998 BC1 ....