2060 Chiron
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2060 Chiron is a ringed small Solar System body in the outer Solar System, orbiting the Sun between Saturn and Uranus. Discovered in 1977 by Charles Kowal, it was the first-identified member of a new
Hubble Space Telescope image of Chiron and its coma, taken in 1996
Depiction of Chiron and its rings
Hyakutake Color
7968 Elst–Pizarro
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Comet Elst–Pizarro is a body that displays characteristics of both asteroids and comets, and is the prototype of active asteroids. Its orbit keeps it within the asteroid belt, yet it displayed a dust
7968 Elst–Pizarro imaged at La Silla Observatory in August 1996. The narrow tail is visible.