View source for Chiron (hypothetical moon)

'''Chiron''' is the name given to a [[Moons of Saturn|moon of Saturn]] claimed to be sighted by [[Hermann Goldschmidt]] in 1861 which he said, orbited between [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] and [[Hyperion (moon)|Hyperion]]. But it has since been determined that it does not exist as it was never seen again for more than 100 years.

It is now known as a [[Centaur (planetoid)|centaur]], which was found in 1977, named 2060 Chiron.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chiron Fact Sheet|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/chironfact.html|access-date=2024-07-12|website=nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kowal|first=C. T.|last2=Liller|first2=W.|last3=Marsden|first3=B. G.|date=1979|title=The Discovery and Orbit of (2060) Chiron|url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979IAUS...81..245K|journal=ui.adsabs.harvard.edu|volume=81|pages=245}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}{{Moons of Saturn}}


{{sci-stub}}

[[Category:Saturn's moons]]