Serves up a Chiron biography and bibliography, the minor body's orbital elements, a guide to its ephemeris, images, news and observations.
Article examines the prediction that Comet Swift-Tuttle, responsible for the Perseid meteor shower, may hit the Earth in 2126.
Resource on the Kuiper Belt, a group of small bodies orbiting the sun past Neptune that may be a source of short-range comets.
Describes this comet-like object that theoretically originates from the Kuiper Belt from beyond the planet Neptune. View images and statistics.