95P/Chiron (2060 Chiron) live position and data - TheSkyLive
High precision real time tracking tool for 95P/Chiron (2060 Chiron) which can be used identify 95P/Chiron (2060 Chiron) and follow its movements across deep sky stellar fields.
2060 Chiron - Wikipedia
Today it is classified as both a minor planet and a comet, and is accordingly also known by the cometary designation 95P/Chiron. More recently, a series of occultation events through the 2010s and early 2020s revealed that Chiron hosts rings, making it one of four minor planets and the only known comet to host a ring system.
95P/Chiron (2060 Chiron) - TheSkyLive
2000年1月1日 · 95P/Chiron (2060 Chiron) is above the horizon from Greenwich, UK. Right now it is placed in the South-South-East direction at an altitude of 46.22 ° above the horizon. Given its current magnitude, 95P/Chiron (2060 Chiron) is visible only through long exposure photography.
Where is 95P/Chiron (2060 Chiron)? - TheSkyLive
95P/Chiron (2060 Chiron) is currently in the constellation of Pisces. The current Right Ascension is 01h 08m 57s and the Declination is +08° 18’ 39”. Right now, from the selected location (Greenwich, UK), 95P/Chiron (2060 Chiron) is not visible because it is below the horizon.
Chiron Fact Sheet - NSSDCA
Information on Comet 95P/Chiron / Minor Planet (2060) Chiron. Perihelion Date: 14 February 1996, 18:06 UT Perihelion Distance: 8.4639422 AU Date of Perihelion Opposition: 01 April 1996 (closest approach to Earth) Orbital Period: 50.39 years Eccentricity: 0.3816 Inclination: 6.9352 degrees Semi-Major Axis: ~13.648 AU Aphelion: ~18.865 AU ...
(95P/2060) Chiron | The Solar System Wiki | Fandom
2060 Chiron or 95P/Chiron is a ringed small Solar System body, Centaur and comet 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...
95P/Chiron | astro.vanbuitenen.nl
Classification(s): : Nearly isotropic; Returning (a < 10000 AU); Halley type (P < 200 years) The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the comet's magnitude. Blue and black dots are visual and photometric CCD observations respectively from COBS or the MPC.
The Chiron Perihelion Campaign - NSSDCA
On February 14, 1996, the enigmatic object Chiron reached perihelion inside the orbit of Saturn and on April 1 will reach perihelion opposition, its closest approach to Earth.
95P/Chiron (Comet) - In-The-Sky.org
From Virginia Beach , 95P/Chiron will become visible at around 18:17 (EST), 58° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 23:49.
(2060) Chiron - pages.astronomy.ua.edu
Chiron is the first-known member of the Centaur class, orbiting between the locations of Jupiter and Neptune, and sharing features of minor planets and comets (such as the coma that Chiron occasionally shows, earning it the designation 95P/Chiron and being one of the reasons for the new IAU designation systems for small solar-system objects).