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We've Discovered the First Asteroid with Rings

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Gas giant planets like Saturn and Jupiter have rings — and now, we'vediscovered a tiny, distant rock that has its own two rings. Chariklo is a centaur — half-asteroid, half-comet — and the way it got its rings is a fascinating story.

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