2060 Chiron

Summary

2060 Chiron is a centaur^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of centaur entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (315 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2060 Chiron is credited with the discovery of Charles T. Kowal^[3].
• 2060 Chiron's image is recorded as 2060 Chiron.jpg^[4].
• 2060 Chiron's instance of is recorded as centaur^[5].
• 2060 Chiron's instance of is recorded as comet^[6].
• 2060 Chiron's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Chiron is named after 2060 Chiron^[8].
• 2060 Chiron's follows is recorded as 2059 Baboquivari^[9].
• 2060 Chiron's followed by is recorded as 2061 Anza^[10].
• 2060 Chiron's minor planet group is recorded as centaur^[11].
• 2060 Chiron's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315160627^[12].
• 2060 Chiron's GND ID is recorded as 4203252-0^[13].
• 2060 Chiron's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85102678^[14].
• 2060 Chiron's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Chiron symbol (fixed width).svg^[15].
• 2060 Chiron's Commons category is recorded as 2060 Chiron^[16].
• 2060 Chiron's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[17].
• 2060 Chiron's child astronomical body is recorded as rings of Chiron^[18].
• 2060 Chiron's Unicode character is recorded as ⚷^[19].
• 2060 Chiron's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 UB^[20].
• 2060 Chiron's provisional designation is recorded as 95P^[21].
• 2060 Chiron's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-18T00:00:00Z^[22].
• 2060 Chiron's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f0fm^[23].
• 2060 Chiron's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002060^[24].
• 2060 Chiron's asteroid spectral type is recorded as B-type asteroid^[25].
• 2060 Chiron's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[26].
• 2060 Chiron's significant event is recorded as naming^[27].

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Works and Contributions

2060 Chiron is credited with the discovery of Charles T. Kowal^[3]. Things named for it include Chiron-type comet^[28], an astronomical object type^[29].

Why It Matters

2060 Chiron ranks in the top 8% of centaur entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (315 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Chiron-type comet^[28], an astronomical object type^[29].