Articles of category "Centaurs and Asteroids"

What is an asteroid? What does it do? How does it affect us? Who are the most notable asteroids? If you do not know any of these answers you are about to find out. How about a centaur? What does a centaur do, and again how does it affect us? Centaurs and Asteroids were discovered quite a few years ago and they are magnificent to learn about. You will also learn what asteroids are most famous, and what asteroids you can see photos of.

The name Centaurs is given to large asteroids that travel from the deep regions of our solar system to within the orbit of Jupiter. Centaurs were first identified in 1977 when astronomers believed that the very large asteroid Chiron was in fact a small planet, although today that is no longer the case. Even so centaurs do impact on the horoscopes produced since 1977 and as their presence in the celestial sky has to be considered.