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Kentaur

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Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

ID 654826 Last modified 18.12.2025
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Domain astronomy
  • päikesesüsteemi välisosa taevakeha, mille orbiit lõikub hiidplaneetide omadega ja mis tavaliselt asub Jupiteri ja Neptuuni orbiitide vahel
  • an object in the outer Solar system whose orbit crosses those of the giant planets and is mostly confined between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune
Kentaur
Usage examples
  • Astronoomide kõnepruugis on kentaurideks hakatud nimetama teatavaid Päikesesüsteemi taevakehi, mis on pooleldi justkui asteroidid, aga pooleldi hoopis ka komeedid.
Centaur
Usage examples
  • The thermal emission of Trans-Neptunian objects and Centaurs has been observed at mid- and far-infrared wavelengths.

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