Centaurs, these objects orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune, exhibit traits of both asteroids and comets. (2060) Chiron, in particular, has been studied by a team from the University of Central ...

Although our solar system is billions of years old, we've only recently become better acquainted with one of its more dynamic and captivating inhabitants known as (2060) Chiron. Chiron belongs to ...

In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...

Chiron – An icy, rocky hybrid of the Centaur family Chiron is not really an icy or rocky celestial object because it is part of the Centaurs, a family of celestial objects named after half-human and ...

Chiron, not to be confused with Pluto’s moon Charon, was discovered in 1977 and named after the “wisest and justest” of the centaurs of Greek mythology. It was the first object of its size ...

Many varieties of ancient Greek healing herbs grow on "Asclepius Path," Mount Kerketion, where god of medicine, Asclepius, collected them.

According to emerging intel, the Veyron's successor will wear the name Chiron. The name belongs not only a mythological Greek centaur but also to one of the most successful racing drivers of ...