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Centaur (small Solar System body)

In planetary astronomy, 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 generally have unstable orbits because of this; almost all of their orbits have dynamic lifetimes of only a few million years, but there is one known centaur, 514107…

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Centaur (small Solar System body)

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centaurs centaur objects orbits jupiter chiron orbit perihelion au comets comet one may neptune belt echeclus kuiper origin surface planets

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2000 GM137instance ofeven centaurs0.80text
2001 XZ255instance ofeven centaurs0.80text
which do not currently cross the orbit of any planetinstance ofeven centaurs0.80text
are in gradually changing orbits that will be perturbed until they start to cross the orbit of one or more of the giant planetsinstance ofeven centaurs0.80text

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