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Webb discovers a small main belt asteroid in the Solar System.

An international team of European astronomers has detected an astonishing illustration of an asteroid using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. This asteroid is roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum, measuring between 300 to 650 feet (100 to 200 meters) in length, and was identified by calibrating data from the MIRI instrument. This discovery has provided a unique opportunity to observe an asteroid of this size from such a close distance and gain a better understanding of its composition and characteristics. Additionally, this discovery provides us with further insight into the formation and evolution of  solar system. The recent web observations published in the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal were not intended to search for new asteroids, but rather to calibrate images of the already-discovered main-belt asteroid (10920) 1998 BC. This asteroid was first spotted by astronomers back in 1998, and since then its images have been constantly monitored and recorded for further analys...