Chiron, another Centaur with ring material

Ortiz, J. L.; Duffard, R.; Pinilla-Alonso, N.; Alvarez-Candal, A.; Santos-Sanz, P.; Morales, N.; Fernandez-Valenzuela, E.; Licandro, J.; Campo-Bagatin, A.; Thirouin, A.
Bibliographical reference

European Planetary Science Congress 2015, held 27 September - 2 October, 2015 in Nantes, France, Online at http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2015, id.EPSC2015-230

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2015
Number of authors
10
IAC number of authors
1
Citations
1
Refereed citations
1
Description
Chariklo is known to possess an exotic ring system and we show indications from several distinct data sets that Chiron also has a ring system with similar features to that of Chariklo, although its case is somewhat more complex because Chariklo has never shown cometary-like activity, whereas Chiron has.