Chiron (hypothetical moon)
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Chiron (hypothetical moon)
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Chiron is the name given to a supposed moon of Saturn sighted by Hermann Goldschmidt in 1861. It has since been determined that no such moon exists. Hermann Goldschmidt announced the discovery of the ninth moon of Saturn in April 1861, which, he said, orbited between Titan and Hyperion. Goldschmidt's discovery was never confirmed, and Chiron was never observed again. In 1898, William Henry Pickering discovered Phoebe, which is now considered the ninth moon of Saturn. Strangely, in 1905, Pickerin
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Hypothetical moon of Saturn
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiron_(hypothetical_moon)
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2023-07-30T23:37:45Z
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