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Centaur (10199) Chariklo is at Opposition (13.836 AU) on the 15th June 2014

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Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     Mag
2014 06 14    17 28 44.9 -38 51 03  13.8356 14.8162   164.4     1.1    18.3
2014 06 15    17 28 28.9 -38 50 32  13.8361 14.8170   164.4     1.1    18.3
2014 06 16    17 28 12.9 -38 49 59  13.8368 14.8177   164.4     1.1    18.3
2014 06 17    17 27 57.0 -38 49 25  13.8379 14.8184   164.3     1.1    18.3
2014 06 18    17 27 41.0 -38 48 50  13.8392 14.8192   164.2     1.1    18.3
2014 06 19    17 27 25.1 -38 48 13  13.8408 14.8199   163.9     1.1    18.3
2014 06 20    17 27 09.3 -38 47 36  13.8428 14.8207   163.7     1.1    18.3
2014 06 21    17 26 53.4 -38 46 57  13.8449 14.8214   163.4     1.1    18.3
2014 06 22    17 26 37.7 -38 46 17  13.8474 14.8221   163.0     1.2    18.3
2014 06 23    17 26 22.0 -38 45 35  13.8502 14.8229   162.6     1.2    18.3
2014 06 24    17 26 06.3 -38 44 53  13.8532 14.8236   162.1     1.2    18.3
2014 06 25    17 25 50.8 -38 44 09  13.8566 14.8244   161.6     1.2    18.3
2014 06 26    17 25 35.3 -38 43 24  13.8602 14.8251   161.0     1.3    18.3
2014 06 27    17 25 19.9 -38 42 38  13.8641 14.8259   160.4     1.3    18.3
2014 06 28    17 25 04.6 -38 41 51  13.8683 14.8266   159.8     1.4    18.4
2014 06 29    17 24 49.4 -38 41 02  13.8727 14.8273   159.2     1.4    18.4
2014 06 30    17 24 34.3 -38 40 13  13.8774 14.8281   158.5     1.4    18.4
2014 07 01    17 24 19.4 -38 39 22  13.8825 14.8288   157.8     1.5    18.4


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On 2014 June 4, centaur (10199) Chariklo will occult a 14.4 mag star in Scorpius for observers across South/Central America.

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Icy Chariklo asteroid has ring system

The asteroid Chariklo has been confirmed as the smallest object in the Solar System to display a ring system.
Encircling bands of material are more usually associated with the giant planets, such as Saturn and Uranus.
Chariklo may be just 250km wide but observations made when it passed in front of a distant star reveal the presence of two distinct rings.
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First Ring System Around Asteroid

Observations at many sites in South America, including ESO's La Silla Observatory, have made the surprise discovery that the remote asteroid Chariklo is surrounded by two dense and narrow rings. This is the smallest object by far found to have rings and only the fifth body in the Solar System - after the much larger planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - to have this feature. The origin of these rings remains a mystery, but they may be the result of a collision that created a disc of debris. The new results are published online in the journal Nature on 26 March 2014.
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10199 Chariklo (provisional designation: 1997 CU26) is the largest known centaur. It orbits the Sun between Saturn and Uranus, grazing Uranus.
Chariklo was discovered by James V. Scotti of the Spacewatch program on February 15, 1997. Chariklo is named after the nymph Chariclo (), the wife of Chiron and the daughter of Apollo.
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