Chariklo Minor Planet And Rings #1 is a photograph by European Southern Observatory which was uploaded on August 2nd, 2016.
Chariklo Minor Planet And Rings #1
Chariklo minor planet and rings, artwork. Officially designated 10199 Chariklo, it orbits the Sun between Saturn and Uranus as part of a group of... more
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Chariklo Minor Planet And Rings #1
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European Southern Observatory
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Photograph
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Chariklo minor planet and rings, artwork. Officially designated 10199 Chariklo, it orbits the Sun between Saturn and Uranus as part of a group of objects called centaurs. Discovered in 1997, it is the largest centaur, with a diameter of around 250 kilometres. In March 2014, it was announced that two rings had been observed around Chariklo, making it the smallest known astronomical body to have rings (after the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune). A possible origin of the rings is a collision that created a disc of debris including water ice. The rings, called Oiapoque and Chui, are around 7 and 3 kilometres wide with an orbital radius of around 400 kilometres.
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August 2nd, 2016
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