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The one thing that doesn't makes sense to me is that centaurs are smaller than dwarfs? Planetary body speaking.




https://phys.org/news/2020-10-astronomers-distant-planetary.html

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On 04/11/2020 4:00 p.m., Charles Pierson : All wrote:

The one thing that doesn't makes sense to me is that
centaurs are smaller than dwarfs? Planetary body speaking.

I am reading that centaurs are small planetary systems that contain
asteroids and dwarfs.


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Hello, August Abolins.
On 11/6/20 6:59 AM you wrote:

On 04/11/2020 4:00 p.m., Charles Pierson : All wrote:

The one thing that doesn't makes sense to me is that centaurs are
smaller than dwarfs? Planetary body speaking.

I am reading that centaurs are small planetary systems that
contain asteroids and dwarfs.

"Centaurs are minor planets believed to have originated in the Kuiper Belt in the outer solar system."

Not systems.

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On 05/11/2020 10:56 p.m., Charles Pierson : August Abolins wrote:

I am reading that centaurs are small planetary systems
that contain asteroids and dwarfs.

"Centaurs are minor planets believed to have originated in
the Kuiper Belt in the outer solar system."

Not systems.

My first hunt for info was just from the first page google results
and the initial summaries. Using the smartphone (tiny 2x2") screen,
I was not interested to go further.

I have not found anything that describes the apparent discrepancy of
the two names taken from mythology when a centaur is generally some
large monster and a dwarf is a smaller being. Maybe the astronomers
discovered centaurs first? And then when it came time for another
term for the newly found larger objects - oops, they only had
"dwarf" available?

Consider my BlackBerry 2x2" a Centaur. Your smartphone is probably a
dwarf. :)






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Hello, August Abolins.
On 11/6/20 3:53 PM you wrote:

On 05/11/2020 10:56 p.m., Charles Pierson : August Abolins wrote:

I am reading that centaurs are small planetary systems that
contain asteroids and dwarfs.

"Centaurs are minor planets believed to have originated in the
Kuiper Belt in the outer solar system." Not systems.

My first hunt for info was just from the first page google results
and the initial summaries. Using the smartphone (tiny 2x2")
screen, I was not interested to go further.

I can certainly understand that. Some websites are more mobile friendly than others.

I have not found anything that describes the apparent discrepancy
of the two names taken from mythology when a centaur is generally
some large monster and a dwarf is a smaller being. Maybe the
astronomers discovered centaurs first? And then when it came time
for another term for the newly found larger objects - oops, they
only had "dwarf" available?

From what I've read, the first centaur was discovered around 1920, they were recognized as a distinct population in 1977.

Dwarf planets classification seems to be an "official" designation from 2006.

However centaur isn't an official designation as far as I can tell by the IAU.

So of course that makes things as clear as mud.

Consider my BlackBerry 2x2" a Centaur. Your smartphone is probably
a dwarf. :)
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