Asteroids and the James Webb Space Telescope
Andrew S. Rivkin, Franck Marchis, John A. Stansberry, Driss Takir,, Cristina Thomas, and the JWST Asteroids Focus Group
TL;DR
The paper discusses how the James Webb Space Telescope's unique capabilities enable advanced observations of asteroids, including main-belt and Trojan types, opening new scientific opportunities.
Contribution
It provides an overview of JWST's capabilities specific to asteroid observation and outlines potential science cases leveraging these features.
Findings
JWST can observe main-belt and Trojan asteroids.
Unprecedented sensitivity in infrared wavelengths.
Potential for groundbreaking asteroid science.
Abstract
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provides the opportunity for ground-breaking observations of asteroids. It covers wavelength regions that are unavailable from the ground, and does so with unprecedented sensitivity. The main-belt and Trojan asteroids are all observable at some point in the JWST lifetime. We present an overview of the capabilities for JWST and how they apply to the asteroids as well as some short science cases that take advantage of these capabilities.
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