List Of Named Minor Planets (Numerical)

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This is a list of named minor planets in numerical order. (As of October 2022), it contains a total of 23,542 named bodies.[1][2] Minor planets for which no article exists redirect to the list of minor planets (see List of minor planets § Main index).


Statistics

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Percentage of named minor planets for each partial list's number range. Most named minor planets have numbers below 40,000. The lowest-numbered unnamed minor planet is currently (4596) 1981 QB.
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Total of named minor planets per partial list. The spikes are due to the partial lists's increasing number ranges (1, 10 and 50 thousand).

See also

  • List of minor planet discoverers
  • List of minor planets named after people
  • List of minor planets named after places
  • List of minor planets named after rivers
  • List of observatory codes
  • Meanings of minor planet names § Index

References

  1. "Minor Planet Names: Alphabetical List". Minor Planet Center. 17 October 2022. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPNames.html. 
  2. "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 24 October 2022. https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletins/index.html. 

External links

  • Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets, Minor Planet Center



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