Chiron will be four times closer and 250 times brighter than a typical Kuiper belt object, and will be undergoing over ten times more heating by … Discovered by Charles Kowal on 1st November 1977, Chiron lies just within orbit at perihelion of Saturn and just outside that of Uranus at aphelion. Chiron's orbit was found to be highly eccentric (0.37), with perihelion just inside the orbit of Saturn and aphelion just outside the perihelion of Uranus (it does not reach the average distance of Uranus, however). 2060 Chiron, also known as 95P/Chiron, is a minor planet in the outer Solar System, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus.Discovered in 1977 by Charles T. Kowal (precovery images have been found as far back as 1895), it was the first-identified member of a new class of objects now known as centaurs—bodies orbiting between the asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt. According to the program Solex, Chiron's closest approach to Saturn in modern times was around May 720, when it came within 30.5±2.0 million km (0.204 ± 0.013 AU) of Saturn.

During this passage Saturn's gravity caused Chiron's semi-major axisto decrease from 14.55±0.12 AU to 13.7 AU. Chaotic Motion The chaotic unstable motion of Chiron as simulated by Gravity Simulator. This artist’s impression of remote asteroid Chariklo — the fifth body in the Solar System found to possess rings after the much larger planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — is possibly joined by a sixth: 2060 Chiron (also known as 95P/Chiron), the first-known member of the centaurs, with an orbit between Saturn and Uranus.

Simulation of the orbit of 2060 Chiron, the first centaur discovered. Chiron was named after the centaur in Greek mythology who was a healer and teacher who, ironically, could not heal himself. It represents our deepest wound, and our efforts to heal the wound. It is about 200 km (125 miles) in diameter and travels in an unstable, eccentric orbit that crosses that of Saturn and passes just inside that of Uranus with a period of 50.45 years. 2060 Chiron: 95P/Chiron: First centaur discovered in 1977, later identified to exhibit cometary behaviour. If Chiron is in fact from the Kuiper belt, this represents a unique chance to view one of these objects at close range. 2060 Chiron was the first asteroid discovered with a perihelion distance inside the orbit of Saturn and an aphelion distance beyond Uranus.

They tend to be an irregular shaped but Ceres asteroid is known to be spherical in shape but because it doesn't clear its path round the Sun, it is only a dwarf planet. The object has received the minor planet number (2060) and the name of Chiron has been proposed.

Stereo Stereo Baseline (deg) Crosseye Parallel Jul 04 2018 17:53:12 UTC JD 2458304.245280 It does not come n… ICARUS 60, 532-537 (1984) 2060 Chiron: Visual and Thermal Infrared Observations LARRY A. LEBOFSKY,*') DAVID J. THOLEN,*,2 GEORGE H. RIEKE,*,t,) AND MARCIA J. LEBOFSKYt,) *Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and tSteward Observatory, University ofArizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Received November 17, 1983; revised August 13, 1984 Five-color (H = 0.36-0.85 JLm) and thermal infrared (A = … The next opportunity to observe Chiron at perihelion will not be until the year 2047, so scientists want to learn as much as possible during this occurence. Originally classified as a "Centaurobject" asteroidand given minor planetnumber 2060, it has shown comet-like activity since 1988. C H I R O N (2060) or 1977 UB is the closest and first of the Centaur-type Cb objects, and is sometimes referred as a distant outer asteroid. Chiron An object discovered in 1977 by Charles Kowal which orbits mainly between Saturn and Uranus, although it passes slightly inside Saturn's orbit at perihelion.Originally classified as a "Centaur object" asteroid and given minor planet number 2060, it has shown comet-like activity since 1988.Chironomidae (informally known as chironomids or non-biting midges) are a family of nematocera

Information on Comet 95P/Chiron / Minor Planet (2060) Chiron. It is proposed that object Kowal was once an ordinary minor planet that was deflected into its present orbit by collisions with other minor planets and a series of encounters with Jupiter and Saturn. (2060) Chiron Asteroid. The perihelion distance is 8.51 AU; there was a perihelion passage in 1996. The semimajor axis is 13.8 AU.

Stereo Stereo Baseline (deg) Crosseye Parallel Jul 04 2018 17:53:12 UTC JD 2458304.245280 2060 Chiron is among the small population of large, outer Solar System objects called Centaurs.