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2060 Chiron

Comet
2060 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... Wikipedia
Discovered: November 1, 1977
Radius: 84.314 mi
Discoverer: Charles T. Kowal
Last perihelion: February 14, 1996
Asteroid number: 2060
Absolute magnitude (H): : 5.80±0.27; 5.82±0.07; 5.83; 5.92±0.20; 6.287±0.022 (R); 6.5; 6.56; 6.79;
Aphelion: 18.87 AU (2.8 billion km); (occurred May 2021)