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
10199 Chariklo
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10199 Chariklo is a ringed asteroid and centaur in the outer Solar System. It is the largest known centaur, with a diameter of about 250 km. It orbits the Sun between Saturn and Uranus with an orbital
2060 Chiron
…through the 2010s and early 2020s revealed that Chiron hosts rings, making it one of four minor planets known to have rings (the three others being 10199 Chariklo, Haumea, and Quaoar) and the only known comet to do so. Chiron was discovered on 1 November 1977 by Charles Kowal from images taken on 18 October at…
Chariklo's ellipsoidal shape as seen in various stellar occultations from 2013 to 2020