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In Greek mythology, Chiron ("hand") was a centaur who was unlike most centaurs in that he was kind, intelligent and civilized. He was a son of Cronus and Philyra.

He was probably a Thessalonian god, later subsumed into the Greek pantheon as a centaur.

He tutored Asclepius, Theseus, Achilles and Jason.

Heracles accidentally shot him with a poisonous arrow and Chiron willingly gave up his immortality to escape the pain. He was placed in the sky as the constellation Sagittarius.

Alternative: Cheiron

In astronomy, 2060 Chiron is the name of an object discovered in 1977 by Charlie Kowal.

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