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JWST Characterization of Earth Quasi-satellite (469219) Kamo‘oalewa

  • Authors: Benjamin N. L. Sharkey, Vishnu Reddy, John W. Noonan, Theodore Kareta, James M. Bauer, Bryan J. Holler, Yaeji Kim, Albert R. Conrad

Benjamin N. L. Sharkey et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1010 .

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Top: Kamo‘oalewa’s lightcurve, phased to best-fit ﹩P=27.90{0}_{-0.003}^{+0.002}﹩ minutes. The JWST observations display asymmetric minima, consistent with prior ground-based results. Outliers excluded from period fits are marked with “X” symbols.

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