What is the meaning of Chiron?

noun

  • Greek mythology. ( the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes)
  • 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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