{"id":1611,"date":"2014-03-27T13:12:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T17:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.carlrobitaille.org\/2014\/03\/27\/videotitle-15\/"},"modified":"2018-11-11T20:58:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T01:58:27","slug":"astronomers-surprised-to-find-asteroid-with-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.carlrobitaille.org\/?p=1611","title":{"rendered":"Astronomers Surprised to Find Asteroid With Rings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the first time ever, astronomers have discovered a ring system surrounding an asteroid.<\/b><\/p>\n

The finding is a complete surprise to planetary scientists. The cosmic bling was found around an object named Chariklo, which orbits in a region between Saturn and Uranus.<\/p>\n

At 155 miles across, or about the length of Massachusetts, Chariklo is the largest known asteroid in its neighborhood. The ice rings reflect light like a mirror. As Chariklo moved through its orbit, its ring system turned edge-on when viewed from Earth. As they turned back to face us with their flat side, they reflected light toward our planet and Chariklo\u2019s brightness grew by 40%.<\/p>\n

There are only four other known ring systems in our solar system \u2014 around Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and, most dramatically, Saturn \u2014 and all the other ones have formed around planets. >><\/p>\n

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