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James Webb telescope detects the "smallest" asteroid in history

The object observed is probably the smallest observed to date by Webb and may be an example of an object measuring less than 1 kilometer in length within the main asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter.

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The detection of this asteroid, which the team suspects to be the smallest observed to date by James Webb and one of the smallest detected in the main belt, if confirmed as a new asteroid discovery, would have important implications for our understanding of the formation and evolution of the Solar System.