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| | EUROPE: Western / Ancient Greece / Centaur Mythology |
 | | In astronomy and astrology, there are three different phenomena related to the Centaur: The two constellations of Centaurus and Sagittarius, the archer whose legend refers to the Centaurs, and a small planetoid which has been discovered in 1977 and given the name of Cheiron the wise Centaur. | | | What I like best is the list of contemporary books in which centaurs play an important role. | | | This is the "Centaur Compendium" by Anthony G. Francis, Jr., a Ph.D. candidate in Artificial Intelligence at the College of Computing of the Georgia Institute of Technology. |
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http://www.mythinglinks.org/euro~west~greece~Centaurs.html
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| | Centaur (planetoid) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The centaurs are a class of icy planetoids that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune, named after the mythical race of centaurs. | | | The first centaur to be discovered, 2060 Chiron was found to display a coma upon its approach to perihelion, and is now officially classified as both a comet (95/P Chiron) and an asteroid, although it is far larger than a typical comet and there is some lingering controversy. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaur_(planetoid)
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| | Centaur (planetoid) The centaurs are a class of icy planetoids that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune... | | | HMS Centaur (R06) Image:HMS_ Centaur _(Hermes_class_carrier).jpg HMS Centaur (R06) (1947-1972) was the only ship to retain the original configuration of the Centaur -class light fleet carrier with a straight axial... | | | HMS Centaur HMS Centaur, a ship of the Royal Navy, is named after the Greek mythological figure, the Centaur, half-human, half-horse. |
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http://www.wikisearch.net/centaur
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| | EUROPE: Western / Ancient Greece / Centaur Mythology |
| | In astronomy and astrology, there are three different phenomena related to the Centaur: The two constellations of Centaurus and Sagittarius, the archer whose legend refers to the Centaurs, and a small planetoid which has been discovered in 1977 and given the name of Cheiron the wise Centaur. | | | Chiron the planetoid was the first known of a special kind of astronomical objects of dual asteroid and comet nature called the Centaur objects.... | | | This is an odd, fascinating little page, "The Centaur of Vollos," part serious, part tongue-in-cheek, from Dr. Neil Greenberg, chair of the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where a "centaur" has been reconstructed for display in the university library. |
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http://mythinglinks.org/euro~west~greece~Centaurs.html
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| | Centaur planetary bodies |
| | Yet the naming of the Centaur planetoids got a little more complicated at the recent turn of the millennium when one of them was named Chariklo, who was not a Centaur at all but was the woman who was Chiron's wife. | | | The Centaur, Nessus, the third Centaur planetoid discovered, was more typical of the Centaurs and was best known for lying and betrayal. | | | But the Centaur bodies caught the eye of astrologers and rapidly became the cutting edge of what was then the latest astrological thinking. |
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http://www.karmastrology.com/centaur.shtml
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| | Pholus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | To further account for the unsually civil behavior of Pholus, Apollodorus wrote that his parents were Silenus and one of the Meliae, thus differentiating him genealogically from the other centaurs, as Chiron was known to be. | | | While this persuit and second combat was occurring, Pholus, back in his cave, accidentally wounded himself with one of the venomous arrows while he was either marveling at how such a small thing could kill a centaur (Apollodorus) or preparing the corpses for burial (Diodoros). | | | It is well known that Chiron, the famously civilized centaur, had origins which differed from those of the other centaurs. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholus
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| | NEAT April 2002 Interesting Objects |
| | Centaur-very large planetoid that crosses the orbit of Uranus, from outside the orbit of Saturn to inside the orbit of Neptune | | | Scattered Disk Object--very large, high eccentricity planetoid that approaches Saturn, and crosses the orbits of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto on its way to 100 a.u. | | | In addition we discovered a "scattered disk object" and a Centaur. |
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http://neat.jpl.nasa.gov/2002apr.htm
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| | Centaur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | For information on the use of the term "centaur" in astronomy and space sciences, see the articles centaur (planetoid) and Centaur (rocket stage). | | | The Centaurs are best known for their fight with the Lapithae, caused by their attempt to carry off Hippodamia (a "horse" woman herself) on the day of her marriage to Peirithous, king of the Lapithae, himself the son of Ixion. | | | Alternatively, the centaurs were the offspring of Kentauros (the son of Ixion and Nephele) and some Magnesian mares or of Apollo and Hebe. |
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| | Centaur - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Centaur |
| | For information on the use of the term centaur in astronomy and space sciences, see the articles centaur (planetoid) and Centaur (rocket stage). | | | The Centaurs are best known for their fight with the Lapithae, caused by their attempt to carry off Hippodamia (a "horse"woman herself) on the day of her marriage to Peirithous, king of the Lapithae, himself the son of Ixion. | | | Alternatively, the centaurs were the offspring of Kentauros (the son of Ixion and Nephele) and some Magnesian mares or of Apollo and Hebe. |
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http://www.encyclopedia-glossary.com/en/Centaur.html
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| | Crossers |
| | Saturn-crosser asteroid 3: zers or co-orbitals known; most if not all of the are Centaur (planetoid)Centaur... | | | Venus-crosser asteroid 3: listed below ( Mercury-crosser asteroidMercury-crossers or grazers are marked ). | | | List of noteworthy asteroids 54: asteroids are either Mars-crosser asteroidMars-crossers (probably in the process of being ejected from |
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| | Crossers |
| | Saturn-crosser asteroid 3: zers or co-orbitals known; most if not all of the are Centaur (planetoid)Centaur... | | | Amor asteroid 37:) are actually Jupiter-crosser asteroidJupiter Crkssers. | | | Earth-crosser asteroid 2: al special relationship with Earth's. |
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| | Crossers |
| | Saturn-crosser asteroid 3: zers or co-orbitals known; most if not all of the are Centaur (planetoid)Centaur... | | | Amor asteroid 37:) are actually Jupiter-crosser asteroidJupiter Crkssers. | | | List of noteworthy asteroids 54: asteroids are either Mars-crosser asteroidMars-crossers (probably in the process of being ejected from |
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| | Crossers |
| | Saturn-crosser asteroid 3: zers or co-orbitals known; most if not all of the are Centaur (planetoid)Centaur... | | | Amor asteroid 37:) are actually Jupiter-crosser asteroidJupiter Crkssers. | | | Jupiter-crosser asteroid 3: om the list, the remaining known numbered Jupiter-crossers are (notice that there are no non-Trojan outer-gr |
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| | EUROPE: Western / Ancient Greece / Centaur Mythology |
| | Chiron the planetoid was the first known of a special kind of astronomical objects of dual asteroid and comet nature called the Centaur objects.... | | | Not only was evidence piling up that giants and strange monsters had once populated the entire earth, but new zoological discoveries held out the possibility that some creatures of the mythic era, such as Centaurs, might have escaped prehistoric destruction to roam unexplored landscapes.... | | | The reductionistic practice of only looking at one's Chiron placement to determine in what area of life one is "wounded" should be avoided as there is a much larger and more complex story to be revealed by this planetoid.... |
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http://www.mythinglinks.org/euro~west~greece~Centaurs.html
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| | Centaur planetary bodies |
| | But a handful were good guys, like Chiron, Pholus, and Asbolus (another newly discovered Centaur planetoid). | | | Named after another Centaur, Pholus was of a similar size as Chiron and had a similar elliptical orbit. | | | The story of Pholus is the story of self-sacrifice for a greater good, and Asbolus was known as a great seer and counsellor. |
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http://www.karmastrology.com/centaur.shtml
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| | Writer's Guide to the PR Universe - Planets |
| | In the desert surface of the planetoid was the space dumpster which contained Goldar, Finster, Squatt, Baboo, and Rita. | | | The planetoid was near both the Earth and moon. | | | Kinwon wondered why a search party would come to Centaur B, saying the planet was nothing more than an ill-tempered rock. |
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| | Nessus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | 7066 Nessus, a ((classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse) Centaur (Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)) planetoid. | | | (Click link for more info and facts about Nessus) Nessus, a famous ((classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse) centaur from (The mythology of the ancient Greeks) Greek mythology. | | | (Click link for more info and facts about Nessus) Nessus, an alien character in (Click link for more info and facts about Larry Niven) Larry Niven's (Click link for more info and facts about Ringworld) Ringworld books, of the species (Click link for more info and facts about Pierson's Puppeteer) Pierson's Puppeteer. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/n/ne/nessus.htm
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| | The Planets: Understanding Astrology - astrology.com |
| | One of the most recently discovered heavenly bodies is a planetoid named Chiron. | | | The Planet was named after Chiron, the Centaur (see Sagittarius). | | | In Greek Mythology, Chiron's mother was a water-nymph who, while trying to run from Zeus' amorous overtures, turned herself into a horse. |
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| | Chiron, Healing in Your Astrological Birth Chart |
| | The astronomical body, Chiron (once thought to be a comet or asteroid, now considered a "planetoid" or small planet-like body) is named after the ancient Greek, centaur demi-god who was horse from the waist down and human from the waist up. | | | Chiron's orbit, unlike that of the asteroids, lies between Saturn and Uranus, and is irregular in that it occasionally crosses inside the orbit of Saturn. | | | Astrologically, Chiron's placement in the horoscope indicates one's experience of the wound that does not heal, (or the wound that does not seem to heal, because although an important lesson may be learned through dealing with it, the wound seems to spiral around with another lesson on a deeper level). |
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http://www.astrologymatch.com/chiron-astrological-chart.htm
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| | [59.01] Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking at Palomar and Maui |
| | For example, NEAT discovered 1 planetoid -a Centaur, 4 comets, 1 high-eccentricity Mars-approacher, and 19 Near-Earth asteroids -- 10 Amors and 9 Apollos, including 3 larger than 1 km and 5 Potentially Hazardous asteroids -- in August 2001. | | | The primary goal of NEAT is to make significant contributions to the NASA goal of discovering at least 90% of the NEAs larger than 1 km by 2008. | | | NEAT is comprised of two autonomous observing systems, one at the Maui Space Surveillance Site, NEAT/MSSS, and the other at Palomar Observatory, NEAT/Palomar. |
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| | Chiron--Astrological Ruler of the Flower Essences |
| | Chiron became the first of a new breed of outerplantary objects aptly called centaurs--half-planetoid (small planet) and half-comet. | | | Named Chiron after the centaur (half-man, half-horse) in Greek mythology, the new "planet" later lived up to its hybrid name and the intuition of Charles Kowal, its discoverer, in choosing it. | | | This mysterious astronomical body was discovered on November 1, 1977, orbiting erratically between Saturn and Uranus. |
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| | Book Crossers |
| | Saturn-crosser asteroid 3: zers or co-orbitals known; most if not all of the Croszers are Centaur (planetoid)... | | | Amor asteroid 37:) are actually Jupiter-crosser asteroidJupiter Crosserz. | | | List of noteworthy asteroids 54: asteroids are either Mars-crosser asteroidMars-crossers (probably in the process of being ejected from |
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| | Asteroid |
| | For instance Centaur (planetoid)Centaurs (asteroids orbiting between Saturn and Neptune) are all named after mythological centaurs, Trojan asteroidTrojans after heroes from the Trojan War, and trans-Neptunian objects/ after underworld spirits. | | | Asteroids are commonly classified into groups based on the characteristics of their orbits and on the details of the visible spectrumspectrum/ of sunlight they reflect. | | | Asteroid naming is not always a free-for-all: there are some types of asteroid for which rules have developed about the sources of names. |
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http://www.infothis.com/find/Asteroid
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