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 Although it was initially called an asteroid and classified only as a minor planet with the designation "[[2060 Chiron]]", in 1989 it was found to exhibit behavior typical of a comet. Today it is classified as both a minor planet and a comet, and is accordingly also known by the cometary designation 95P/Chiron. Chiron is named after the centaur Chiron in Greek mythology.
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	[[Chiron]] is a 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 class of objects now known as centaurs—bodies orbiting between the asteroid belt and the [[Kuiper Belt]].		[[Chiron]] is a 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 class of objects now known as centaurs—bodies orbiting between the asteroid belt and the [[Kuiper Belt]].

	Although it was initially called an asteroid and classified only as a minor planet with the designation "[[2060 Chiron]]", in 1989 it was found to exhibit behavior typical of a comet. Today it is classified as both a minor planet and a comet, and is accordingly also known by the cometary designation 95P/Chiron. Chiron is named after the centaur Chiron in Greek mythology. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2060_Chiron Chiron wiki]</ref>		Although it was initially called an asteroid and classified only as a minor planet with the designation "[[2060 Chiron]]", in 1989 it was found to exhibit behavior typical of a comet. Today it is classified as both a minor planet and a comet, and is accordingly also known by the cometary designation 95P/Chiron. Chiron is named after the centaur Chiron in Greek mythology.

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			Chiron possibly has rings, similar to the better-established rings of 10199 Chariklo.[44][45][46][c] Based on unexpected occultation events observed in stellar-occultation data obtained on 7 November 1993, 9 March 1994, and 29 November 2011, which were initially interpreted as resulting from jets associated with Chiron's comet-like activity,

			<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2060_Chiron Chiron wiki]</ref>

Lisa: Created page with "[[File:Chiron orbit.PNG|thumb|The orbit of 2060 Chiron [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chiron_orbit.PNG]]] Chiron is a 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 class of objects now known as centaurs—bodies orbiting between the asteroid belt and the Kuiper Belt. Although it was initially called an asteroid a..."

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Created page with "thumb|The orbit of 2060 Chiron <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chiron_orbit.PNG]</ref> Chiron is a 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 class of objects now known as centaurs—bodies orbiting between the asteroid belt and the Kuiper Belt. Although it was initially called an asteroid a..."

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[[File:Chiron orbit.PNG|thumb|The orbit of 2060 Chiron <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chiron_orbit.PNG]</ref>]]

[[Chiron]] is a 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 class of objects now known as centaurs—bodies orbiting between the asteroid belt and the [[Kuiper Belt]].

Although it was initially called an asteroid and classified only as a minor planet with the designation "[[2060 Chiron]]", in 1989 it was found to exhibit behavior typical of a comet. Today it is classified as both a minor planet and a comet, and is accordingly also known by the cometary designation 95P/Chiron. Chiron is named after the centaur Chiron in Greek mythology. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2060_Chiron Chiron wiki]</ref>