Number | Name or designation | Mean Anomaly M (degrees) | Long. of Perihelion Argument w (degrees) | Long. of Perihelion L (degrees) | Long. of Ascending Node o (degrees) | Inclination i (degrees) |
2060 | Chiron | 176.79279 | 339.76631 | 189.0256 | 209.25929 | 6.934741 |
Eccentricity e | Semi major axis a (AU) | Perihelion distance (AU) | Aphelion distance (AU) | Period (years) | Epoch (date) | observations (no) | diameter (km) |
0.3779433 | 13.6938531 | 8.518353 | 18.86935 | 50.67438 | 20201217 | 316 | N.A. |
Number | Name | Designation | Type | Discoverer(s) | MPC-Source |
2060 | Chiron (95P/Chiron) | 1977 UB | Centaur and Giant Comet | Charles T. Kowal | IAUC 3129 |
Discovery-Position | Date | Time | Observatory | Obs.-Long. | Obs.-Lat. |
3?49' Stier/Taurus (r.) | 18.10.1977 | 9h08m30s | Palomar Mountain, USA | 116W52' | 33N21' |