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    centaur, 514107 Kaʻepaokaʻawela, which may be in a stable (though retrograde) orbit. Centaurs typically exhibit the characteristics of both asteroids...
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    2060 Chiron (redirect from Chiron (centaur))
    objects now known as centaurs—bodies orbiting between the asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt. Chiron is named after the centaur Chiron in Greek mythology...
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    largest asteroid and now classified as a dwarf planet. All other asteroids are now classified as small Solar System bodies along with comets, centaurs, and...
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    large Centaurs and trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). Centaurs and TNOs that reach the inner Solar System can modify the orbits of main belt asteroids, though...
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    Shuttle-Centaur was a version of the Centaur upper stage rocket designed to be carried aloft inside the Space Shuttle and used to launch satellites into...
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    David; Margot, Jean-Luc (2008). "Physical Properties of Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects: Constraints from the Spitzer Space Telescope" (PDF). The Solar...
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    S.; Lazzarin M. (2002). "Physical Properties of Trojan and Centaur Asteroids". Asteroids III. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press. pp. 273–87...
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    1981 FP Asteroid mining Asteroid Redirect Mission (proposed NASA mission) Centaur (small Solar System body) List of Aten asteroids Amor asteroid Apollo...
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    System bodies, such as asteroids, comets, centaurs, meteoroids, and interplanetary dust clouds. Some of these bodies are in the asteroid belt (between Mars's...
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  • 5145 Pholus (redirect from Pholus (centaur))
    after the centaur Pholus from Greek mythology. Pholus was the second centaur to be discovered. Centaurs are objects in between the asteroid and trans-Neptunian...
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