List of minor planets

This is a list of numbered minor planets in the Solar System, in numerical order. As of November 2016^[ref] there are 480,806 numbered minor planets, and 242,561 unnumbered. Only 20,457 or approximately 4% of all numbered minor planets are currently named, mostly for people and figures from mythology and fiction. The Jupiter trojan (3708) 1974 FV1 is currently the lowest-numbered unnamed minor planet. Minor planets also include dwarf planets of which 5 have been officially recognized by the IAU with potentially hundreds more to follow in the future.

For specific lists on physical, orbital and other properties, as well as on discovery circumstances and other aspects, see § Specific minor planet lists

The list of minor planets consists of nearly 500 partial lists, each containing 1000 minor planets grouped in 10 tables. The data is sourced from the Minor Planet Center (MPC). For an overview of all existing partial lists, see § Main index.

The example above shows the beginning of the first table in partial list 189,001 to 190,000. It has the columns § Designation showing its permanent (number and name) and provisional designation, § Discovery, giving the date and location of its discovery, § Discoverers, people, surveys, programs and observatories that are officially credited with its discovery, and a reference column that externally links to the body's dedicated page at the Minor Planet Center's website and to the corresponding entry in Meanings of minor planet names (named minor planets only).

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