If Chiron possesses rings as well, so may many other centaurs, the researchers said. [ See images of Charliko's rings ] "Rings may be more common than we thought," Ruprecht said.

Introduction The Centaur (2060) Chiron was discovered in 1977 (Gehrels et al. 1977; Kowal 1979). Its orbital semimajor axis ranges from approximately 8.5 to 19 au, with an eccentricity of 0.38 and ...

Scientists estimate that there are roughly 44,000 centaurs in the solar system and that most occupy the same orbital band. Chiron, discovered in 1977, is estimated to be about 125 miles wide.

Chiron belongs to the class of objects that astronomers call "Centaurs." Centaurs are space objects that orbit the sun between Jupiter and Neptune.

The minor planet Chiron may not be a household name like Saturn, but it might just have a ring to it. Scientists observing the centaur believe they have detected a circulating disc of debris ...

Then there’s whatever the heck 2006 Chiron is. Chiron is a class of comet-ish asteroids/asteroid-ish comets called centaurs – named after the half-human, half-horse hybrid – found bouncing ...

Chiron and its fellow Centaur, 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 (SW1), fall in a size category of objects originating in the Kuiper Belt that have never been explored by spacecraft.

In 1977, Chiron became the first centaur ever discovered. Astronomers originally thought that it was an asteroid, but when it was seen emitting a halo of gas and a tail like a comet, ...

What is causing the structure of the dust to evolve, and where exactly the dust comes from, is still a mystery.

Unveiling the ice and gas nature of active centaur (2060) Chiron using the James Webb Space Telescope. Astronomy & Astrophysics , 2024; 692: L11 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202450124 Cite This Page : ...