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Rings around a tiny body have changed over the past decade
Recent observations by the James Webb Space Telescope reveal unexpected, rapid changes in the rings of the celestial centaur Chariklo.
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Rings aren’t exclusive to giant planets: Chariklo, an icy body only about 250 kilometres across—shorter than Tasmania is long—carries two narrow rings, and Webb observations suggest they are changing on timescales of years.
Webb telescope observations reveal structural shifts in the narrow rings surrounding the icy body Chariklo.
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JWST discovers that Chariklo's invisible rings are changing
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