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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:asteroid
small Solar System body
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gptkbp:canBe
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comet-like
asteroid-like
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gptkbp:class
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gptkb:asteroid
damocloid
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gptkbp:composition
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gptkb:rock
ice
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gptkbp:discoveredBy
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1977
Charles Kowal (Chiron)
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gptkbp:dynamicalLifetime
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short (few million years)
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gptkbp:eccentricity
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high
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gptkbp:example
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gptkb:5145_Pholus
gptkb:10199_Chariklo
gptkb:2060_Chiron
gptkb:7066_Nessus
gptkb:8405_Asbolus
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gptkbp:fate
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become Jupiter-family comet
collide with planet
ejected from Solar System
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gptkbp:firstDiscoveredObject
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gptkb:2060_Chiron
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gptkbp:hasRingSystem
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gptkb:10199_Chariklo
gptkb:2060_Chiron
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gptkbp:IAUClassification
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gptkb:asteroid
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gptkbp:inclination
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varied
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Solar_System
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gptkbp:meanDiameterRange
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tens to hundreds of kilometers
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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mythological centaurs
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gptkbp:orbitType
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Sun
between Jupiter and Neptune
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gptkbp:origin
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gptkb:Kuiper_belt
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gptkbp:populationEstimate
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hundreds known
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gptkbp:spectralType
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varied (red, gray, blue)
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gptkbp:surface
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possible cometary activity
volatile ices
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gptkbp:typicalOrbit
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crosses orbits of giant planets
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Chariclo
gptkb:5145_Pholus
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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