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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke2149p&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2149. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Asteroids

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Chiron is among the present-day population of minor planets called CENTAURS, whose orbits cross those of the giant outer planets Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Chiron was the first Centaur discovered, and perhaps is the most unusual due to its cometary activity and other characteristics. Centaurs are probably former residents of the KUIPER BELT, and so Chiron may be considered our first and most a...

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