• Source: List of centaurs (small Solar System bodies)

The following is a list of centaurs, a group of non-resonant small Solar System bodies whose orbit around the Sun lie typically between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune (5 to 30 AU). Centaurs are minor planets with characteristics of comets, and often classified as such. The dynamical group is formed due to Neptune's eroding effect on the Kuiper belt by means of gravitational scattering, sending objects inward to become centaurs, or outward to become scattered-disc objects, or removing them from the Solar System entirely. Centaurs themselves have unstable orbits with short lifetimes, transitioning from the inactive population of Kuiper belt objects to the active group of Jupiter-family comets within a few million years.




List


The list of centaurs is compiled from MPC's MPCORB data file based on criteria defined by the JPL-SBDB, and completed with objects from the List of Known Trans-Neptunian Objects and The Deep Ecliptic Survey Object Classifications. by William Johnston and Marc Buie, respectively. As of April 2022, this table contains 928 objects. A dedicated column for each of these sources inidcates whether an object is considered to be a centaur (✓) or not (✗). The table highlights red and grey centaurs with a distinct background color (see legend).

Legend
Grey centaur (52 objs.) Red centaur (32 objs.) Centaur w/o color indices (439 objs.) Unlikely centaurs are greyed-out (405 objs.)




See also


List of trans-Neptunian objects
List of damocloids
Unusual minor planet




Notes






References






External links


The Dynamics of Known Centaurs, Matthew S. Tiscareno and Renu Malhotra
The Deep Ecliptic Survey: A Search For Kuiper Belt Objects and Centaurs, J. L. Elliot

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