Watch Artist's Impression Of The Ringed Asteroid, Chariklo | Video

Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 13:31 in Astronomy & Space

Chariklo is the first asteroid discovered to have it's own ring system, and only the fifth body in the solar system. The largest of a class of asteroids known as Centaurs that orbit between Uranus and Saturn, Charriklo has two distinct, narrow rings.

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