31824 Elatus
Encyclopedia
31824 Elatus provisionally known as 1999 UG5, is a centaur
discovered on October 29, 1999, by the Catalina Sky Survey
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Centaur (planetoid)
Centaurs are an unstable orbital class of minor planets that behave with characteristics of both asteroids and comets. They are named after the mythological race of beings, centaurs, which were a mixture of horse and human...
discovered on October 29, 1999, by the Catalina Sky Survey
Catalina Sky Survey
Catalina Sky Survey is a project to discover comets and asteroids, and to search for Near-Earth objects. More specifically, to search for potentially hazardous asteroids , that may pose a threat of impact.-Mission:...
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