chiron

Noun chiron has 2 senses

• chiron(n = noun.person) - (Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes;
is a kind of centaur

• chiron(n = noun.object) - an asteroid discovered in 1977; it is unique in having an orbit lying mainly between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus;
is a kind of asteroid