Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The wise centaur who tutored Achilles, Hercules, and Asclepius.
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- proper noun mythology a
centaur from Greek mythology - proper noun astronomy a
centaur (minor planet ) andcomet -like object, orbiting betweenSaturn andUranus
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- noun (Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes
- noun an asteroid discovered in 1977; it is unique in having an orbit lying mainly between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus
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Chiron is an interesting planetary body whose orbit lies in the Kuiper belt.
Planet-x.com.au » Chiron in Pisces: The bliss of healing » AstroDispatch.com … 2010
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Chiron is an interesting planetary body whose orbit lies in the Kuiper belt.
Planet-x.com.au » Chiron in Pisces: The bliss of healing 2010
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Chiron is an interesting planetary body whose orbit lies in the Kuiper belt.
Planet-x.com.au » Chiron in Pisces: The bliss of healing | Astrological Musings 2010
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But just as Chiron was not an ordinary Centaur even though he was half horse and half man, Chiron is not just an ordinary KBO (Kuiper Belt Object).
Planet-x.com.au » Chiron in Pisces: The bliss of healing » AstroDispatch.com … 2010
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Chiron is a “planetoid”, also thought of as an asteroid but slightly bigger than most asteroids, or possibly it is a trapped comet originating from the Kuiper Belt.
Planet-x.com.au » Chiron in Pisces: Do You Want to Live Forever? » AstroDispatch.com … 2010
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But just as Chiron was not an ordinary Centaur even though he was half horse and half man, Chiron is not just an ordinary KBO (Kuiper Belt Object).
Planet-x.com.au » Chiron in Pisces: The bliss of healing 2010
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Chiron is an instructor there, and Dionysus is the camp director (through no desire of his own, which he makes very clear).
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Chiron is an instructor there, and Dionysus is the camp director (through no desire of his own, which he makes very clear).
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Worldwide, Chiron is the second leading flu vaccine manufacturer, behind French pharmaceutical company Aventis, which makes about 45 percent or 50 percent of the world's supply, Stohr said.
Medpundit 2004
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Chiron is often known as The Wounded Healer, and in an individual’s horoscope, astrological Chiron shows places we’re stuck emotionally because of past hurts.
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