Chiron is a member of the Centaurs — a group of small solar system bodies that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.

A new celestial object has been uncovered on the edge of our solar system, revealing another piece of the vast puzzle that is ...

"This is a big step in understanding the outer solar system," team leader Rosemary Pike from the Center for Astrophysics | ...

If an object is too small for it to be rounded by its own gravity, it is known as a small solar system body. With these evolving definitions, two bodies that were once recognized as planets were ...

NASA has awarded a $500,000 phase 2 grant for hybrid spacecraft – rovers. The goal of this effort is to develop a mission architecture that allows the systematic and affordable in-situ exploration of ...

Date 1999 C1999 Type Congresses Physical description xiv, 616 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Place Solar system Data Source Smithsonian Libraries Topic Asteroids Few-body problem Astrophysics siris_sil_560647 SIL ...

11:00AM - 1:00PM (ET) TeleConference September 15, 2021 [Closed] Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032: Panel on Small Solar System Bodies Meeting Seventeen Aug 25 11:00AM - ...

Comets are also considered small solar system bodies. Then there are "minor planets," which include the dwarf planets and all of the small solar system bodies that aren't comets.

“Small solar system bodies may also end up in a hyperbolic orbit after a close encounter with the Sun or a giant planet. Comet C/1980 E1 reached its present-day path after a close encounter with ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions 1. Review of recent small-body news including the selection JWST cycle one observing proposals, ExMAG meeting, the origin of interstellar ...