Back to Discover
🚀

Centaur (small Solar System body)

space Maturity 5-7

Some small space rocks are called centaurs.

TheKuiperBelt 42AU Centaurs.svg
TheKuiperBelt 42AU Centaurs.svg
They fly between big planets. They move in wild ways. They can look like rocks or icy comets. They are very far away. Do you like looking at the stars?
Phoebe cassini full.jpg
Phoebe cassini full.jpg

41 words
🖼️ Images & Media (7)
File:Kuiper belt plot objects of outer solar system.png
Kuiper belt plot objects of outer solar system.png
File:TheKuiperBelt 42AU Centaurs.svg
TheKuiperBelt 42AU Centaurs.svg
File:AsbolA.png
AsbolA.png
File:Phoebe_cassini_full.jpg
Phoebe_cassini_full.jpg
File:TheKuiperBelt Albedo and Color.svg
TheKuiperBelt Albedo and Color.svg
File:Comet38P2067.png
Comet38P2067.png
File:Centaur size color comparison.svg
Centaur size color comparison.svg
Up Next
🚀
2060 Chiron
Space
→
More to explore

✨ What else?

Related topics you might enjoy

2060 Chiron 0% Kuiper belt 0% Scattered disc 0% Jupiter trojan 0% Asteroid belt 0% Minor planet 0%

🔬 Go deeper

More advanced topics to explore

Scattered disc Minor planet

🪜 Step back

Simpler topics to build understanding

2060 Chiron Kuiper belt Jupiter trojan Asteroid belt
📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 13.3 | Vital Level 5