Daftar penemu planet minor
Astronom penemu

| George Van Biesbroeck | 16 | 1880–1974 |   | G. Van Biesbroeck; | G. Van Biesbroeck | Templat:MoMP |
| Hendrik van Gent | 39 | 1899–1947 |  | H. van Gent; | H. van Gent | Templat:MoMP |
| Cornelis Johannes van Houten | 4643 | 1920–2002 |  | C. J. van Houten; | C. J. van Houten | Templat:MoMP |
| Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld | 4644 | 1921–2015 |  | I. van Houten-Groeneveld; | I. van Houten-Groeneveld; I. Groeneveld | Templat:MoMP |
| Andre van Staden | 1 | n.a. |  | A. van Staden; inferred | A. van Staden |  |
| Andrew Vanden Heuvel | 3 | n.a. |  | A. Vanden Heuvel; (bio-it) | A. Vanden Heuvel | — |
| Luděk Vašta | 1 | n.a. |  | L. Vašta; inferred | L. Vasta | — |
| Zdeňka Vávrová | 115 | 1945–pres. |  | Z. Vávrová; | Z. Vavrova | Templat:MoMP |
| Christian Veillet | 161 | 1954–pres. |  | C. Veillet; | C. Veillet | Templat:MoMP |
| Graziano Ventre | 4 | 1954–pres. |  | G. Ventre; amateur, (bio-it) | G. Ventre | Templat:MoMP |
| Krisztián Vida | 1 | 1983–pres. |  | K. Vida; (IAU), co-disc. #K. Sarneczky | K. Vida | — |
| Antoni Vidal | 1 | n.a. |  | A. Vidal; amateur, (bio-it) | A. Vidal | — |
| Ester Vigil | 1 | n.a. |  | E. Vigil; amateur, (bio-it) | E. Vigil | — |
| Jozef Világi | 12 | n.a. |  | J. Világi; inferred | J. Vilagi | — |
| Walter Augustin Villiger | 1 | 1872–1938 |  | W. Villiger; | W. Villiger | Templat:MoMP |
| George R. Viscome | 33 | 1956–pres. |  | G. R. Viscome; | G. R. Viscome | Templat:MoMP |
| David Voglsam | 1 | n.a. |  | D. Voglsam; Src | D. Voglsam | — |
| Heinrich Vogt (astronomer) | 1 | 1890–1968 |  | H. Vogt; disc: Templat:MPC | H. Vogt | Templat:MoMP |
| Luigi Volta | 5 | 1876–1952 |  | L. Volta; (bio-it) | L. Volta | Templat:MoMP |
| Tomáš Vorobjov | 15 | 1984–pres. |  | T. Vorobjov; amateur | T. Vorobjov | Templat:MoMP |
| Christel Vuissoz | 5 | n.a. |  | C. Vuissoz; inferred, disc: Templat:MPC | C. Vuissoz | — |
| Libor Vyskočil | 1 | n.a. |  | L. Vyskočil; inferred | L. Vyskocil | — |
| Arno Arthur Wachmann | 3 | 1902–1990 |  | A. Wachmann; | A. Wachmann | Templat:MoMP |
| Sahil Wadhwa | 1 | n.a. |  | S. Wadhwa; | S. Wadhwa | — |
| Joe Wagner (astronomer) | 6 | 1964–pres. |  | J. Wagner; (bio-it) | J. Wagner | — |
| R. Mark Wagner | 9 | n.a. |  | R. M. Wagner; IAU | R. M. Wagner | — |
| Duncan Waldron | 2 | n.a. |   | J. D. Waldron; amateur, disc: Templat:MPC and Templat:MPC, (bio-it) | J. D. Waldron | — |
| Jasper V. Wall | 1 | n.a. |  | J. V. Wall; (bio-it) | J. V. Wall | — |
| Åke Wallenquist | 1 | 1904–1994 |  | Å. A. E. Wallenquist; at Kvistaberg Station | A. A. E. Wallenquist | Templat:MoMP |
| Brian D. Warner | 3 | 1952–pres. |  | B. D. Warner; photometrist, (bio-it), Src | B. D. Warner | Templat:MoMP |
| Archibald Warnock | 7 | n.a. |  | A. Warnock; (bio-it) | A. Warnock | — |
| Lawrence H. Wasserman | 295 | n.a. |  | L. H. Wasserman; occultation, (bio-it) | L. H. Wasserman | Templat:MoMP |
| Kazuro Watanabe | 671 | 1955–pres. |  | K. Watanabe; amateur | K. Watanabe | Templat:MoMP |
| James Craig Watson | 22 | 1838–1880 |   | J. C. Watson; | J. C. Watson | Templat:MoMP |
| Martin Watt | 4 | n.a. |  | M. Watt; (bio-it) | M. Watt | — |
| J. Scott Weaver | 2 | 1940–2008 |  | J. S. Weaver; (bio-it) | J. S. Weaver; S. Weaver | Templat:MoMP |
| Robert Weber (astronomer) | 8 | 1926–2008 |  | R. Weber; | R. Weber | Templat:MoMP |
| Katrina Wefel | 2 | n.a. |  | K. Wefel; at Baton Rouge, disc: Templat:MPC and Templat:MPC | K. Wefel | — |
| Don J. Wells | 21 | 1965–pres. |  | D. Wells; amateur, (bio-it) | D. Wells | Templat:MoMP |
| Lisa Wells (astronomer) | 5 | n.a. |  | L. Wells; inferred; remote observer for CFHT; co-discoverer #M. Micheli: Src | L. Wells | — |
| Jim Wentworth | 1 | n.a. |  | J. Wentworth; inferred | J. Wentworth | — |
| Wolfgang Wenzel (astronomer) | 1 | 1929–pres. |  | W. Wenzel; (bio-de) | W. Wenzel | Templat:MoMP |
| Richard Martin West | 40 | 1941–pres. |  | R. M. West; | R. M. West | Templat:MoMP |
| Fred Lawrence Whipple | 1 | 1906–2004 |  | F. L. Whipple; | F. L. Whipple | Templat:MoMP |
| Minor White (astronomer) | 45 | n.a. |  | M. White; (bio-it) | M. White | — |
| Robert J. Whiteley | 12 | 1971–pres. |  | R. J. Whiteley; (bio-it) | R. J. Whiteley | Templat:MoMP |
| Paul Wiegert | 85 | 1967–pres. |  | P. A. Wiegert; | P. A. Wiegert | Templat:MoMP |
| Patrick Wiggins (astronomer) | 5 | 1949–pres. |  | P. Wiggins; amateur, (bio-it) | P. Wiggins | Templat:MoMP |
| Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer) | 94 | 1925–2014 |  | P. Wild; | P. Wild | Templat:MoMP |
| Peter D. Wilder | 1 | n.a. |  | P. D. Wilder; (bio-it) | P. D. Wilder | — |
| Iwan P. Williams | 7 | n.a. |  | I. P. Williams; (bio-it) | I. P. Williams | Templat:MoMP |
| James G. Williams | 1 | n.a. |  | J. G. Williams; Src | J. G. Williams | Templat:MoMP |
| Kenneth A. Williams | 14 | 1956–pres. |  | K. A. Williams; Templat:Obscode Lake Clear N.Y.; astrophotographer | K. A. Williams | Templat:MoMP |
| Ryan M. Williams | 1 | n.a. |  | R. M. Williams; (bio-it) | R. M. Williams | — |
| John E. Willis | 1 | n.a. |  | J. Willis; USNO-astronomer, Src Diarsipkan 2014-09-05 di Wayback Machine. (bio-it) | J. Willis | — |
| Albert George Wilson | 5 | 1918–2012 |  | A. G. Wilson; | A. G. Wilson | Templat:MoMP |
| Carl A. Wirtanen | 8 | 1910–1990 |  | C. A. Wirtanen; | C. A. Wirtanen | Templat:MoMP |
| Edith Wirtanen | 1 | n.a. |  | E. Wirtanen; Edith Rand Wirtanen, wife of Carl Wirtanen, (bio-it) | E. Wirtanen | Templat:MoMP |
| Carl Gustav Witt | 2 | 1866–1946 |  | G. Witt; | G. Witt | Templat:MoMP |
| David Wittman | 3 | n.a. |  | D. Wittman; David M. Wittman | D. Wittman | — |
| Christian Wolf (astronomer) | 1 | n.a. |  | C. Wolf; assumed | C. Wolf | — |
| Marek Wolf | 19 | 1957–pres. |  | M. Wolf; | M. Wolf | — |
| Max Wolf | 248 | 1863–1932 |  | M. F. Wolf; | M. F. Wolf | Templat:MoMP |
| Chris Wolfe | 29 | n.a. |  | C. Wolfe; (bio-it) | C. Wolfe | — |
| Ulrich Wolff | 2 | 1964–pres. |  | U. Wolff; amateur, Berlin, Src | U. Wolff | — |
| Harry Edwin Wood | 12 | 1881–1946 |  | H. E. Wood; | H. E. Wood | Templat:MoMP |
| Gao Xing | 8 | 1974–pres. |  | X. Gao; first disc: (546049), obscode:C42 | X. Gao | Templat:MoMP |
| Naotaka Yamamoto | 1 | n.a. |  | N. Yamamoto; (bio-it) | N. Yamamoto | — |
| Masayuki Yanai | 27 | 1959–pres. |  | M. Yanai; | M. Yanai | Templat:MoMP |
| Yang Tingzhang | 12 | n.a. |  | T.-C. Yang; (bio-it) | T.-C. Yang | — |
| Ye Quan-Zhi | 213 | 1988–pres. |  | Q.-z. Ye; also: Quan-Zhi Ye, (bio-it), Src Diarsipkan 2015-01-19 di Wayback Machine. | Q.-z. Ye; Q.-Z. Ye; Q. Ye | Templat:MoMP |
| B. Yeung | 1 | n.a. |  | B. Yeung; | B. Yeung | — |
| William Kwong Yu Yeung | 2049 | 1960–pres. |  | W. K. Y. Yeung; amateur, (bio-it) | W. K. Y. Yeung; W. K. Yeung | Templat:MoMP |
| M. Yoshimi | 1 | n.a. |  | M. Yoshimi; | M. Yoshimi |  |
| James Whitney Young | 267 | 1941–pres. |  | J. W. Young | J. W. Young; J. Young | Templat:MoMP |
| Jure Zakrajšek | 7 | n.a. |  | J. Zakrajšek; Src | J. Zakrajsek | — |
| O. Zamora | 1 | n.a. |  | O. Zamora; co-disc. #O. Vaduvescu | O. Zamora | — |
| Fulvio Zanardini | 2 | n.a. |  | F. Zanardini; disc: Templat:MPC and Templat:MPC, (bio-it) | F. Zanardini | — |
| Luciano Zannoni | 1 | n.a. |  | L. Zannoni; | L. Zannoni | — |
| Vincenzo Zappalà | 9 | 1945–pres. |  | V. Zappalà; at Pino Torinese Observatory | V. Zappala | Templat:MoMP |
| Justas Zdanavičius | 114 | n.a. |  | J. Zdanavičius; (bio-it) | J. Zdanavicius | — |
| Kazimieras Zdanavičius | 1 | 1938–pres. |  | K. Zdanavičius; (bio-it) | K. Zdanavicius | Templat:MoMP |
| Kenneth W. Zeigler | 3 | n.a. |  | K. W. Zeigler; disc: Templat:MPC, (bio-it) | K. W. Zeigler | — |
| David S. Zelinsky | 1 | n.a. |  | D. Zelinsky; inferred | D. Zelinsky | Templat:MoMP |
| O. Zeloyniy | 2 | n.a. |  | O. Zeloyniy; inferred, first: (550982) | O. Zeloyniy | – |
| Xu Zhijian | 4 | 1989–pres. |  | Z. Xu; amateur, (546756), co-discoveries with Gao Xing, supernovae, novae, 300+ SOHO comets | Z. Xu | Templat:MoMP |
| Lyudmila Zhuravleva | 213 | 1946–pres. |   | L. V. Zhuravleva; Lyudmila Vasil'evna Zhuravleva; ITA-astronomer | L. V. Zhuravleva | Templat:MoMP |
| Massimo Ziboli | 4 | n.a. |  | M. Ziboli; amateur, disc: Templat:MPC, (bio-it) | M. Ziboli | — |
| Pavel Zigo | 1 | n.a. |  | P. Zigo; inferred | P. Zigo | — |
| Ute Zimmer | 24 | 1964–pres. |  | U. Zimmer; amateur, | U. Zimmer | — |
| Michał Żołnowski | 16 | 1975–pres. |  | M. Żołnowski; amateur, Rantiga Osservatorio | M. Zolnowski | Templat:MoMP |
| Frank B. Zoltowski | 229 | 1957–pres. |  | F. B. Zoltowski; amateur | F. B. Zoltowski | Templat:MoMP |
| Giovanni Zonaro | 1 | n.a. |  | G. Zonaro; amateur, (bio-it) | G. Zonaro | — |
| Cristina Zurita | 1 | n.a. |  | C. Zurita; inferred | C. Zurita | — |
| Anna N. Żytkow | 7 | 1947–pres. |  | A. Żytkow; | A. Zytkow | — |