{"id":69362,"date":"2025-10-17T13:01:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T07:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=69362"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T07:31:26","slug":"celestial-body-chiron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/celestial-body-chiron\/","title":{"rendered":"Celestial Body \u2013Chiron"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Celestial Body \u2013Chiron Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, astronomers for the first time observed a ring system formation around icy celestial body Chiron.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Celestial Body \u2013Chiron<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chiron is part of a class of <\/span><b>objects called centaurs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (which populate the outer solar system between Jupiter and Neptune), displaying characteristics of <\/span><b>both<a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/asteroid\/\" target=\"_blank\"> asteroids<\/a> and comets.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered in 1977 by astronomer <\/span><b>Charles Kowal.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Celestial Body \u2013Chiron<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a diameter of about <\/span><b>200 kilometers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (125 miles) and takes <\/span><b>about 50 years to complete one orbit around the sun.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ring system:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its observations clearly showed that it is surrounded <\/span><b>by well-defined 4 rings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three inner rings are embedded within dust swirling around in a disk-like shape.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These rings are likely composed <\/span><b>mainly of water ice mixed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with small amounts of rocky material, like those of Saturn.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Composition:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It mainly consists of rock, water ice and complex organic compounds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chiron exhibits occasional <\/span><b>comet-like activity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 ejecting gas and dust into space.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A method called <\/span><b>stellar occultation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was used by a team including Brazilian, French and Spanish researchers to observe the rings.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/astronomers-observe-rings-forming-around-icy-celestial-body-chiron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The celestial body \u2013Chiron is part of a class of objects called centaurs (which populate the outer solar system between Jupiter and Neptune), displaying characteristics of both asteroids and comets. 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