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centaur

small Solar System body orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune
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centaur

Summary

centaur is an astronomical object type[1]. centaur draws 1,134 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #79 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • centaur's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type[3].
  • centaur is named after centaur[4].
  • centaur is a type of cis-Neptunian object[5].
  • centaur's Commons category is recorded as Centaurs (minor planets)[6].
  • centaur's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Centaurs (small Solar System bodies)[7].
  • centaur's different from is recorded as centaur[8].

Body

Definition and Type

centaur's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type[3]. centaur is a type of cis-Neptunian object[5].

Origins

centaur is named after centaur[4].

Why It Matters

centaur draws 1,134 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_object_type category, ranking #79 of 289).[2] centaur has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] centaur is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → centaur
    Topic's main category → Category:Centaurs (small Solar System bodies)
    Instance of → astronomical object type
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987012575134305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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