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Kirk User ID: 56098376 United States 03/26/2014 02:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A photometric study in 2001 was unable to find a definite period of rotation.[4] Infrared observations of Chariklo indicate water ice[5] on the surface. Mike Brown's website lists it as a possible dwarf planet with a measured diameter of 258 km.[6] On 26 March 2014 astronomers announced the discovery of planetary rings around Chariklo by observing a stellar occultation.[7][8] Wiki Government is a body largely ungoverned. |