Jack B. Child

This is a list of all astronomers who are credited by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) with the discovery of one or several minor planets. A second table lists all institutional discoverers of minor planets such as observatories and surveys (see § Discovering dedicated institutions). As of November 2016^[update], the MPC credits a total of 480,806 numbered minor planets to 1,007 astronomers and 235 dedicated institutions, respectively.

For a detailed description of the table's content, see § Notes.

The discovery table consist of the following fields:

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