Pholus (Centaur object)
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Name (Latin)
Pholus (Centaur object)
Other forms of name
1992 AD Pholus
5145 Pholus
See Also From tracing topical name
Centaur objects
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q155042
Library of congress:
sh2018000906
Sources of Information
- Work cat: Reinhart, M. Chiron, Pholus and Nessus : to the edge and beyond, 2014:(after being reclassified several times, Chiron is now the prototype of new sub-category of celestial objects called the Centaurs)
- Wikipedia, viewed 12 Apr. 2018(5145 Pholus, provisional designation 1992 AD, is an eccentric centaur in the outer Solar System. Pholus was the second centaur to be discovered. Centaurs are objects in between the asteroid and trans-Neptunian populations of the Solar System -- that is, beyond Jupiter's and within Neptune's orbit -- which behave with characteristics of both asteroids and comets)
- IAU Minor Planet Center website, viewed 12 Apr., 2018:list of numbered minor planets (5145 Pholus = 1992 AD; this Chiron-type object is being named by the Minor Planet Names Committee for a centaur who, like Chiron, was hospitable, charitable and )shunned violence
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Pholus SDSS 2003-04-28 annotated
Processing and color compositing by Nrco0e; original images by Sloan Digital Sky Survey/Canadian Astronomy Data Centre, CC BY 4.0
Wikipedia description:
5145 Pholus is an eccentric centaur in the outer Solar System, around 100 kilometers (62 miles) in diameter, that crosses the orbit of both Saturn and Neptune. It was discovered on 9 January 1992 by American astronomer David Rabinowitz (uncredited) of UA's Spacewatch survey at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, United States. The very reddish object has an elongated shape and a rotation period of 9.98 hours. It was named after the centaur Pholus from Greek mythology.
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