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