List of asteroids - centaurs
The table below contains a selection of centaurs for which there are articles. The digits listed in the first column indicate the order in which they were discovered, serve as an identification number and are part of the name.
| No. and name |
Diameter (km) |
Major semi-axis (in AU ) |
Date of discovery | Explorer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (944) Hidalgo | 38.0 | 5.737 | October 30, 1920 | Walter Baade |
| (2060) Chiron | 148 to 208 | 13.637 | November 1, 1977 | C. T. Kowal |
| (5145) Pholus | 169 to 201 | 20.356 | January 9, 1992 | Spacewatch ( David Rabinowitz ) |
| (5335) Damocles | 11,829 | February 18, 1991 | RH McNaught | |
| (7066) Nessus | ≈ 60 | 24,486 | April 26, 1993 | Spacewatch ( David Rabinowitz ) |
| (8405) Asbolus | 62 to 70 | 17.999 | April 5, 1995 | Spacewatch |
| (10199) Chariklo | 258.6 | 15.777 | February 15, 1997 | Spacewatch (James V. Scotti) |
| (10370) Hylonome | ≈ 70 | 25.045 | February 27, 1995 | D. Jewitt , JX Luu |
| (15504) 1999 RG 33 | 9,396 | September 4, 1999 | Catalina Sky Survey | |
| (20461) Dioretsa | 23.792 | June 8, 1999 | LINEAR | |
| (31824) Elatus | ≈ 38 | 11.815 | October 29, 1999 | Catalina Sky Survey |
| (32532) Thereus | ≈ 84 | 10.661 | August 9, 2001 | NEAT |
| (37117) Narcissus | ≈ 11 | 6.873 | November 1, 2000 | WKY Yeung |
| (49036) Pelion | ≈ 37 | 19,939 | August 21, 1998 | RJ Whiteley, DJ Tholen |
| (52872) Okyrhoe | ≈ 48 | 8.345 | September 19, 1998 | Spacewatch |
| (52975) Cyllarus | ≈ 62 | 26.229 | October 12, 1998 | N. Danzl |
| (54598) Bienor | ≈ 207 | 16,494 | August 27, 2000 | MW Buie, SD Kern, RL Millis, LH Wasserman |
| (55576) Amycus | ≈ 76 | 25,067 | April 8, 2002 | NEAT |
| (60558) Echeclus | ≈ 84 | 10.682 | March 3, 2000 | Spacewatch |
| (63252) 2001 BL 41 | 9.733 | January 19, 2001 | Spacewatch | |
| (83982) Crantor | ≈ 60 | 19,383 | April 12, 2002 | NEAT |
| (330836) Orius | 21,491 | April 25, 2009 | K. Cernis , I. Eglitis | |
| (332685) 2009 HH 36 | 12,660 | April 19, 2009 | Spacewatch | |
| (341275) 2007 RG 283 | 19,933 | September 15, 2007 | Palomar | |
| (342842) 2008 YB 3 | 11.618 | December 18, 2008 | Siding Spring Survey | |
| (346889) Rhiphonos | 10,819 | August 28, 2009 | TV Kryachko | |
| (347449) 2012 TW 236 | 7,022 | April 23, 1998 | LINEAR | |
| (349933) 2009 YF 7 | 12.114 | December 19, 2009 | DL Rabinowitz | |
| (365756) ISON | 5.719 | November 4, 2010 | L. Elenin | |
| (380282) 2002 AO 148 | 5.798 | January 11, 2002 | LINEAR | |
| (382004) 2010 RM 64 | 19,938 | September 9, 2010 | DL Rabinowitz , M. Schwamb, S. Tourtellotte | |
| (385571) Otrera | 30.092 | October 16, 2004 | SS Sheppard , C. Trujillo |
Web links
- List of centaurs and scattered disk objects (SDOs)
- JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine: Centaurs (English, click on "Generate Table")
Individual evidence
List of asteroids
