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The tiny icy body Chiron sports a ring system—like its own miniature planetary system.
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The celestial body Chiron, just 200 km across, has acquired rings. Astronomers, observing its passage in front of a star, noticed a complex pattern of three rings, a dust disk, and a distant object—perhaps a new moon is being born.
🎯 Chiron's rings can't be seen through a telescope—they're betrayed only by fast star winks during an occultation.
