By | May 4, 2017 09:34am ET
Asteroid 10199 Chariklo is our solar system’s smallest known ringed body. A pair of rings were discovered surrounding it in 2014 . Particle sizes, collisions and gravitatioanal effects were examined for the creation of this simulation by Japanese researchers.
credit : Shugo Michikoshi, Eiichiro Kokubo, Hirotaka Nakayama, 4D2U Project, NAOJ
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