Astronomers Catch a Ring System Forming Around Chiron in Real Time
'Chiron,' the strange half-comet, half-asteroid beyond Saturn, is now growing its own ring system, study finds
Astronomers say they have observed, for the first time, a ring system in the process of formation and evolution around Chiron
2060 Chiron, the only known comet to have a ring system
Asteroid-comet chimera Chiron has an unusual ice mix, James Webb Space Telescope finds
UCF researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal one-of-a-kind attributes of (2060) Chiron, a distant “centaur” in space sharing properties of both a comet and an asteroid, giving clues to our Solar System’s origins in a newly published study.
Comet and Centaur (2060) 95P/Chiron might have something like meteor showers from intersecting 2015 RD277’s orbit, partially driving its cometary activity.
