article_snippet: Like Scientists mythological counterparts, centaurs are hybrids, embodying traits of both asteroids and comets.
article_snippet: Today, scientists estimate there are more than 44,000 centaurs in the solar system, concentrated mainly in a band between the orbits of Jupiter and Pluto.
article_snippet: Like the mythological Greek creature -- a hybrid of man and beast mythological counterparts, centaurs are hybrids, embodying traits of both asteroids and comets.
article_snippet: Today, scientists estimate there are more than 44,000 centaurs in the solar system, concentrated mainly in a band between the orbits of Jupiter and Pluto.
article_snippet: The centaurs are those objects (in green) that lie generally inwards of the Kuiper belt (in blue) Ruprecht, who is a researcher at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory, says it is possible to imagine a scenario in which centaurs may form rings.
article_snippet: Nevertheless, Professor Bosh says the possibility of a second ringed centaur in the solar system is an enticing one. '