<p>On Oct. 18, 1977, Charles Kowal was at the 1.2-meter Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory in California – reportedly his favorite equipment at the facility to observe with – when he unwittingly discovered an entirely new class of objects. Kowal was conducting a survey for slow-moving objects beyond the Main Belt, taking two plates of<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-astronomy/oct-18-1977-the-enigma-of-chiron/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Oct. 18, 1977: The enigma of Chiron"</span></a></p>
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On Oct. 18, 1977, Charles Kowal was at the 1.2-meter Schmidt telescope at Palomar Observatory in California – reportedly his favorite equipment at the facility to observe with – when he unwittingly discovered an entirely new class of objects. Kowal was conducting a survey for slow-moving objects beyond the Main Belt, taking two plates ofContinue reading “Oct. 18, 1977: The enigma of Chiron”
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