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The Rings of (2060) Chiron: Evidence of an Evolving System

  • Authors: C. L. Pereira, F. Braga-Ribas, B. Sicardy, R. Leiva, M. Assafin, B. E. Morgado, J. L. Ortiz, P. Santos-Sanz, J. I. B. Camargo, G. Margoti, Y. Kilic, G. Benedetti-Rossi, R. Vieira-Martins, T. F. L. L. Pinheiro, R. Sfair, F. L. Rommel, A. R. Gomes-Júnior, R. C. Boufleur, R. Duffard, J. Desmars, D. Souami, N. Morales, F. Arrese, K. Barkaoui, A. Burdanov, C. A. Colazo, C. A. Domingues, H. Dutra, R. C. Gargalhone, C. Jacques, F. Jablonski, L. Liberato, R. Melia, J. C. Oliveira, M. Sardiña, J. Spagnotto, T. Speranza, A. Wilberger, M. A. Zorzan, L. S. Brito, J. P. Cavalcante, T. Q. Costa, M. Emilio, E. Garcia-Migani, M. Gillon, E. Gradovski, E. Jehin, V. Lattari, M. Malacarne, L. A. Mammana, M. Melita, W. Melo, A. J. Ortiz, P. Quitral-Manosalva, G. Ramon, I. Rodrigues, L. Vanzi

C. L. Pereira et al 2025 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 992 .

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Occultation profile from the PE160 observation on 2023 September 10 event of the normal optical depth as a function of radial distance in the ring plane shows the extent of the broad ring and the arrangement of the dense rings. The colored regions indicate the boundaries of the SOR 1/2 resonance (green), SOR 1/3 resonance (red), and the Roche limit (blue). The vertical dotted lines indicate the respective ring center.

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