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Invalidated site: List of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects. Jan 15, 2015
Number of Centaur objects updated from "several" to "hundreds." Diameter of largest Centaur object updated from "320 km" to "250 km." Information about Centuar objects being flung out of the solar system added. May 18, 2011
New article added. Jun 16, 2005
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