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CENTAURE [3 records]

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Record 1 2023-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
DEF

[A small celestial body] similar to [an] asteroid in size but to [a] comet in composition, that revolves around the Sun in the outer solar system, mainly between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
DEF

Petit corps céleste qui est un hybride entre une comète et un astéroïde et qui se déplace sur des orbites instables et très elliptiques entre Jupiter et Neptune.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Astronomía
CONT

Los centauros son un tipo de cuerpos menores del sistema solar que se caracterizan por comportarse tanto como asteroides como cometas, hecho de donde proviene su nombre de centauro, ser mitológico que era mitad caballo y mitad humano.

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Record 2 2013-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • The Stars (Astronomy)
OBS

Centaurus ... Is brightest star, Alpha centauri, is actually a triple system whose three components are the closest stars to the Sun.

OBS

This name is usually written with Greek letter alpha.

Key term(s)
  • A centauri
  • Alpha cent
  • Rigil kentaurus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Étoiles (Astronomie)
OBS

Alpha du Centaure (Rigil kentaurus) est l'étoile la plus proche du Soleil, distante de 4,3 années-lumière.

OBS

Habituellement, on écrit la lettre grecque "alpha".

Key term(s)
  • A du Centaure
  • Alpha cen

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
OBS

Half-man, half-horse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
CONT

Ils portent des noms issus de la mythologie : le centaure, mi-homme mi-cheval, le sphinx, mi-femme mi-lion [...].

Spanish

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