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Chiron May Be Reclassified As Minor Planet Or Comet
Astronomers debate Chiron the small object between Saturn and Uranus. They discuss whether it is a planetoid or a comet as the International Astronomical Union weighs its orbit and name. Researchers Marsden Kowal and others note its unusually elliptical path and upcoming close sun approach in 1996.
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