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). , there are 612,011 minor planets.

 Example 

|-bgcolor=#d6d6d6
| 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 || 

|}

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




Category:Lists of small Solar System bodies