Chiron (hypothetical moon)

Chiron (Greek: Χείρων) is the name given to a supposed moon of Saturn sighted by Hermann Goldschmidt in 1861. It has since been determined that no such moon exists.

Hermann Goldschmidt announced the discovery of the ninth moon of Saturn in April 1861, which, he said, orbited between Titan and Hyperion. Goldschmidt's discovery was never confirmed, and Chiron was never observed again.

In 1898,

Themis

. Themis, like Chiron, was never sighted again.

An object, now classified as a

centaur, which was discovered in 1977, is named 2060 Chiron.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "What Happened on March 18, 1899". OnThisDay.com. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
^ "Saturn - Moons". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
Bibcode:1979IAUS...81..245K
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^ "Chiron Fact Sheet". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. 20 August 2014.

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[1] "What Happened on March 18, 1899". OnThisDay.com. Retrieved 2021-04-16.

[2] "Saturn - Moons". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-04-16.

[Kowal-1978-3] Bibcode:1979IAUS...81..245K
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[gsfc-Chiron-4] "Chiron Fact Sheet". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. 20 August 2014.

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