Centaur
Asbolus
TypeCentaur
Mass~1 × 10¹⁷ kg
Diameter80 km
Orbital Radius2,680 million km
Orbital Period27,790 days
Known Moons0
Surface Gravity~0.01 m/s²
Average Temp-200 °C
AtmosphereNone
Discovered BySpacewatch survey
Discovery Year1995
About Asbolus
A faint centaur whose craters expose fresh bright ice beneath a dark aged crust, as shown by infrared studies.
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