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The Structure of Chariklo’s Rings from Stellar Occultations

The Structure of Chariklo’s Rings from Stellar Occultations

Two narrow and dense rings (called C1R and C2R) were discovered around the Centaur object (10199) Chariklo during a stellar occultation observed on 2013 June 3. Following this discovery, we planned observations of several occultations by Chariklo's system in order to better characterize the physical properties of the ring and …