List of minor planet discoverers
This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). , the discovery of 612,011 numbered minor planets are credited to 1141 astronomers and 253 observatories, telescopes or surveys "(see )". For how a discovery is made and a description of the tables below, "see observations of small Solar System bodies and ", respectively. Notes. The discovery table consist of the following fields: