Chiron, a minor planet between Saturn and Uranus, was discovered November 1, 1977, by Charles Kowal. It was the first of a class of objects known as centaurs, astral bodies orbiting between the asteroid belt and the Kuiper Belt.
It also has a classification as a comet, 95P/Chiron.
It has a radius of about 107.8 + 5km and rotates about every 6 hours. It orbits the sun about every 50.5 years.
In February 1988, it brightened by 75%, which is typical of comets but not asteroids. In April 1989, it developed a cometary coma, and in 1993, it formed a tail.
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