BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

Chariklo

CENTAUR · small world, real rings
Chariklo
AI illustration of the real object
SIZE about 250 kmSURPRISE two sharp rings

In 2013, astronomers watched Chariklo pass in front of a star and saw the starlight blink twice before and twice after: two crisp rings around a body only 250 kilometers wide. Until that night, rings were thought to be a privilege of giant planets. Chariklo, the smallest ringed world known, rewrote that rule in a few seconds of flickering light.

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