Artist's concept of Centaur 1099 Chariklo and its rings.

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Artist's concept of what the Centaur Chariklo and its rings could look like. Chariklo is the largest of the known Centaur population, located more than 2 billion miles away between the orbit of Saturn and Uranus. Chariklo is only 160 miles across (250 kilometers or about 1/50th of Earth's diameter), and its rings orbit at a distance of about 250 miles (400 kilometers) from the center of the body.

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License: Royalty Free
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