centaur 10199 Chariklo, with a diameter of about 250 kilometres (160 mi), is the second-smallest celestial object with confirmed rings (with 2060 Chiron...

period of rotation. Infrared observations of Chariklo indicate the presence of water ice, which may in fact be located in its rings. Chariklo was discovered...

detect any dust rings around Pluto. 10199 Chariklo, a centaur, was the first minor planet discovered to have rings. It has two rings, perhaps due to a...

of Chariklo's rings until the 2018 observation, indicating that the same type of structure had been responsible for both. Moreover, both their rings are...

coast to coast." Rings of Chariklo, one of which is named "Oiapoque" after the river. List of rivers of French Guiana List of rivers of the Americas by...

has about half the diameter of Pluto. There are also several known ring systems around distant objects (see: Rings of Chariklo and Chiron). In addition to...

possess rings. Haumea was the first dwarf planet and Trans-Neptunian object found to possess a ring system. Centaur 10199 Chariklo, with a diameter of about...

in mass to the rings. Chiron is also thought to have rings similar in form to those of Chariklo. A major gap in the large ring system of the V1400 Centauri...

confinement of rings to the 1:3 spin-orbit resonance may be common among ringed small Solar System bodies, as it has been previously seen in Chariklo and Haumea...

of centaurs, find if shepherd moons exist around Chariklo, and study the nature of the asteroid's rings formation. The spacecraft would be launched in September...