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10199 Chariklo
10199 Chariklo
( or ; ;
provisional designation
: ) is the largest confirmed
centaur
(
minor planet
of the outer Solar System). It orbits the Sun between
Saturn
and
Uranus
,
grazing the orbit of Uranus
. On 26 March 2014, astronomers announced the discovery of two
rings
(nicknamed
Oiapoque
and
Chuí
), around Chariklo by observing a stellar
occultation
. making it the first known
minor planet
to have rings.
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