Charles Kowal first observed the comet Charles Kowal first observed the comet Chiron in 1977. The comet travels around the Sun between Saturn and Uranus. Chiron is unique because it is an especially large comet. Kowal is an astronomer at the Palomar Observatory in California.

Charles Kowal first observed the comet Charles Kowal first observed the comet Chiron in 1977. The comet travels around the Sun between Saturn and Uranus. Chiron is unique because it is an especially large comet. Kowal is an astronomer at the Palomar Observatory in California.

Charles Kowal first observed the comet Charles Kowal first observed the comet Chiron in 1977. The comet travels around the Sun between Saturn and Uranus. Chiron is unique because it is an especially large comet. Kowal is an astronomer at the Palomar Observatory in California.

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