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2060 Chiron and Charles T. Kowal

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Difference between 2060 Chiron and Charles T. Kowal

2060 Chiron vs. Charles T. Kowal

2060 Chiron, provisional designation, and also known as 95P/Chiron, is a minor planet in the outer Solar System, orbiting the Sun between Saturn and Uranus. Charles Thomas Kowal (November 8, 1940 – November 28, 2011) was an American astronomer known for his observations and discoveries in the Solar System.

Similarities between 2060 Chiron and Charles T. Kowal

2060 Chiron and Charles T. Kowal have 12 things in common (in Unionpedia): Asteroid, Centaur (minor planet), Coma (cometary), Comet, IAU Circular, Jupiter, Kuiper belt, Minor planet, Neptune, Palomar Observatory, Pluto, Solar System.

Asteroid

Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System.

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Centaur (minor planet)

Centaurs are small solar system bodies with a semi-major axis between those of the outer planets.

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Coma (cometary)

The coma is the nebulous envelope around the nucleus of a comet, formed when the comet passes close to the Sun on its highly elliptical orbit; as the comet warms, parts of it sublime.

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Comet

A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process called outgassing.

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IAU Circular

The International Astronomical Union Circulars (IAUCs) are notices that give information about astronomical phenomena.

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Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.

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Kuiper belt

The Kuiper belt, occasionally called the Edgeworth–Kuiper belt, is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun.

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Minor planet

A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun (or more broadly, any star with a planetary system) that is neither a planet nor exclusively classified as a comet.

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Neptune

Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System.

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Palomar Observatory

Palomar Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in San Diego County, California, United States, southeast of Los Angeles, California, in the Palomar Mountain Range.

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Pluto

Pluto (minor planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond Neptune.

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Solar System

The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.

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2060 Chiron and Charles T. Kowal Comparison

2060 Chiron has 81 relations, while Charles T. Kowal has 72. As they have in common 12, the Jaccard index is 7.84% = 12 / (81 + 72).

References

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