File:Centaur 10199 Chariklo (NIRSpec Reflectance Spectrum) (01GQJ89HXD39F20PSXS2KKKREB).png
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English: Reflectance spectrum of the double-ringed centaur 10199 Chariklo, captured by Webb’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on October 31, 2022. This spectrum shows clear evidence for crystalline water ice on Chariklo’s surface.
A reflectance spectrum shows variations in the brightness of different wavelengths (colors) of reflected sunlight. The dips in the spectrum are related to the presence of water ice, which absorbs these wavelengths, decreasing the amount of light that is reflected back to the telescope. The background illustration of Chariklo and its rings is based on current understanding of the planet. Webb has not captured a direct image of Chariklo and its rings. Read the story. |
| Date | 25 January 2023 (upload date) |
| Source | Centaur 10199 Chariklo (NIRSpec Reflectance Spectrum) |
| Author | IMAGE: NASA, ESA, CSA, Leah Hustak (STScI) SCIENCE: Noemí Pinilla-Alonso (FSI/UCF), Ian Wong (STScI), Javier Licandro (IAC) |
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This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA and STScI. Material from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that only NASA and STScI are credited as the source of the material. This license does not apply if source material from other organizations is in use. The material was created for NASA by the Space Telescope Science Institute under Contract NAS5-03127. Copyright statement at webbtelescope.org. For material created by the European Space Agency on the esawebb.org site, use the {{ESA-Webb}} tag. |  |
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