a centaur is a small Solar System body that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune and crosses the orbits of one or more of the giant planets. Centaurs...

month after the March 1895 perihelion. This minor planet was named after Chiron, a half-human, half-horse centaur from Greek mythology. Son of the Titan Cronus...

typically between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune (5 to 30 AU). Centaurs are minor planets with characteristics of comets, and often classified as such....

10199 Chariklo /ˈkærəkloʊ/ is the largest confirmed centaur (small body of the outer Solar System). It orbits the Sun between Saturn and Uranus, grazing...

A formal minor-planet designation is, in its final form, a number–name combination given to a minor planet (asteroid, centaur, trans-Neptunian object and...

(Centre d'Étude de l'énergie Nucléaire) Centaurus, the constellation Centaur (minor planet) Centralia, Illinois (Amtrak station) Central Region, Scotland,...

to discover another centaur, 7066 Nessus. This minor planet was named by the Minor Planet Names Committee for Pholus, a centaur from Greek mythology...

centaurs (small Solar System bodies) List of Mercury-crossing minor planets List of Venus-crossing minor planets List of Earth-crossing minor planets...

detector reflects back to itself from lens surfaces 37117 Narcissus, a centaur minor planet Narcissa (disambiguation) Narcissu Narcissism (disambiguation) Nargis...

is a minor planet whose orbit crosses that of Uranus. The numbered Uranus-crossers (as of 2005) are listed below. Most, if not all, are centaurs. Notes:...

after Nessus from Greek mythology. Nessus is a centaur, a dynamically unstable population of minor planets between the classical asteroids and the trans-Neptunian...

active centaur minor planets has blurred the distinction between asteroids and comets. In the early 21st century, the discovery of some minor bodies with...

"asteroid" refers to minor planets out to the orbit of Neptune, and includes the dwarf planet 1 Ceres, the Jupiter trojans and the centaurs, but not trans-Neptunian...

Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2008-01-25. List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects at the Minor Planet Center (87269) 2000 OO67 at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic...

for dwarf-planet symbols" (PDF). unicode.org. "Original Minor Planet Electronic Circular (1998-X08) for 19521 Chaos". "Revised Minor Planet Electronic...

and fragmentation. Compared to centaur 7066 Nessus, the orbit of Asbolus is currently much more chaotic. This minor planet was named from Greek mythology...

interactions with Saturn, the second since 1664 BC, once again force the Centaur (minor planet) Chiron into a new orbit, shifting it from orbiting in the edges...

all minor planets, is an unusual minor planet. These include the near-Earth objects and Trojans as well as the distant minor planets such as centaurs and...

2006 RJ2 is a centaur and damocloid on a retrograde and highly eccentric orbit from the outer region of the Solar System. It was first observed on 14...

2013 VZ70 is a centaur on a horseshoe co-orbital configuration with Saturn. It was first observed on 1 November 2013 by the Outer Solar System Origins...

The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 1 through 1000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial...

following is a list of numbered minor planets in ascending numerical order. With the exception of comets, minor planets are all small bodies in the Solar...

main-belt asteroids and Jupiter trojans), as well as distant minor planets (centaurs and trans-Neptunian objects), most of which reside in the Kuiper...

KV42. "2007 BP102". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 14 October 2017. "List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 14...

2017 SV13 is a centaur and damocloid on a retrograde and highly eccentric orbit from the outer region of the Solar System. It was first observed on 17...

Trans-Neptunian Objects, Johnston's Archive List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects, Minor Planet Center 2012 VP113 at the JPL Small-Body Database Close...

character in the 2006 video game Titan Quest. Nessus is the name of the Centaur (minor planet) setting of a playable location in the 2017 video game Destiny 2...

1996 PW possibly an extinct long-period comet Centaur (minor planet) Damocloid asteroid List of minor planets and comets visited by spacecraft Lost comet...

2006 BZ8 is a dark centaur and damocloid on a retrograde and highly eccentric orbit from the outer region of the Solar System. It was first observed on...

designation: 1995 DW2) is a minor planet orbiting in the outer Solar System. The dark and icy body belongs to the class of centaurs and measures approximately...