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Asteroid Chariklo Has Two Rings

March 27, 2014 by KRS Leave a Comment

Asteroid with rings found

  • An asteroid rock, called Chariklo, was found to possess 2 rings after it was closely scrutinized by 7 telescopes of South America.
  • It is the smallest object to have rings & 5th after Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
  • This was seen through a mini-eclipse, which turned out to be a feast for astronomers.
  • The star seemed to vanish for a few seconds as Chariklo blocked its light — a phenomenon known as occultation. A few seconds before, and again a few seconds after the main occultation, there were 2 further very short dips in the star’s apparent brightness.  It turned out that these 2 narrow, dense rings were blocking the light.

Exams Perspective:

  1. Asteroid
  2. Chariklo
  3. Occultation

Filed Under: Current Affairs, Science and Technology Tagged With: Asteroid, Chariklo, Occultation

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