This is a list of minor planets in number This list doesn't 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). , there are 612,011 minor planets.
Example
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| 189001 || 4889 P-L || — || 24 September 1960 || Palomar || PLS || — || align=right | 3.4 km || |-id=002 bgcolor=#fefefe | 189002 || 6760 P-L || — || 24 September 1960 || Palomar || PLS || NYS || align=right data-sort-value="0.96" | 960 m || |-id=003 bgcolor=#d6d6d6 | 189003 || 3009 T-3 || — || 16 October 1977 || Palomar || PLS || — || align=right | 5.1 km || |-id=004 bgcolor=#C2FFFF | 189004 Capys || 3184 T-3 || || 16 October 1977 || Palomar || PLS || L5 || align=right | 12 km || |-id=005 bgcolor=#E9E9E9 | 189005 || 5176 T-3 || — || 16 October 1977 || Palomar || PLS || — || align=right | 3.5 km ||
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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.) 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
Each table stands for 100,000 minor planets. Each cell is a list 1,000 of the minor planets.
Numberings 1–100,000
Numberings 100,001–200,000
Numberings 200,001–300,000
Numberings 300,001–400,000
Numberings 400,001–500,000
Numberings 500,001–600,000
Numberings 600,001–700,000
Related pages
Lists of astronomical objects
Dwarf planets
Kuiper belt
Trans-Neptunian object
Other lists
List of comets
References
Further reading
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 5th ed.: Prepared on Behalf of Commission 20 Under the Auspices of the International Astronomical Union, Lutz D. Schmadel,
Other websites
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)
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