List of minor planets
This is a list of minor planets in number This list does not include comets. This list does, however, include minor planets that are small bodies in the Solar System. There are asteroids, distant objects and dwarf planets that are included. Each catalog has 1000 minor planets. Every year, the Minor Planet Center publishes thousands of new numbered planets(see index).[1][2] As of January 2022[update], there are 612,011 minor planets.[3][4]
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- numbered and named bodies (listed)
- numbered but unnamed bodies (listed)
- unnumbered bodies (not part of this list)
Example
change| Designation | Discovery | Properties | Ref | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent | Provisional | Citation | Date | Site | Discoverer(s) | Category | Diam. | |
| 189001 | 4889 P-L | — | 24 September 1960 | Palomar | PLS | — | 3.4 km | MPC · JPL |
| 189002 | 6760 P-L | — | 24 September 1960 | Palomar | PLS | NYS | 960 m | MPC · JPL |
| 189003 | 3009 T-3 | — | 16 October 1977 | Palomar | PLS | — | 5.1 km | MPC · JPL |
| 189004 Capys | 3184 T-3 | Capys | 16 October 1977 | Palomar | PLS | L5 | 12 km | MPC · JPL |
| 189005 | 5176 T-3 | — | 16 October 1977 | Palomar | PLS | — | 3.5 km | MPC · JPL |
The example above shows five catalog entries from one of the partial lists. These five asteroids were discovered at Palomar Observatory by the Palomar–Leiden survey.[5]) 189004 Capys, discovered on 16 October 1977, is the only named minor planet. Its background color says that it is a Jupiter trojan. It is estimated to be about 12 kilometers in diameter.
Main index
changeEach table stands for 100,000 minor planets. Each cell is a list 1,000 of the minor planets.[1]
Numberings 1–100,000
changeNumberings 100,001–200,000
changeNumberings 200,001–300,000
changeNumberings 300,001–400,000
changeNumberings 400,001–500,000
changeNumberings 500,001–600,000
changeNumberings 600,001–700,000
changeRelated pages
changeOther lists
changeReferences
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets". Minor Planet Center. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ↑ "Latest Published Data". Minor Planet Center. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ↑ "Minor Planet Statistics – Orbits And Names". Minor Planet Center. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ↑ "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (185001)–(190000)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
Further reading
change- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 5th ed.: Prepared on Behalf of Commission 20 Under the Auspices of the International Astronomical Union, Lutz D. Schmadel, ISBN 3-540-00238-3
Other websites
change- How Many Solar System Bodies, Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Small-Body Database
- SBN Small Bodies Data Archive
- JPL Minor Planet Database for physical and orbital data (of any Small Solar System Body or dwarf planet)
- Scott Manley's timelapse animation of Asteroid Discovery 1980–2012 on YouTube (min. 3:13)
- Minor Planet Center
- Lists and plots: Minor Planets
- MPC Discovery Circumstances (minor planets by number)
- CNEOS, Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, NASA
- PDS Asteroid Data Archive
- Asteroid Hazards, Part 1: What Makes an Asteroid a Hazard? on YouTube (min. 6:04)
- Asteroid Hazards, Part 2: The Challenge of Detection on YouTube (min. 7:14)
- Asteroid Hazards, Part 3: Finding the Path on YouTube (min. 5:38)