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This is a list of numbered minor planets, nearly all of them asteroids, in sequential order. It has been suggested that minor planet be merged into this article or section. ...


As of May 2007 there are 157,788 numbered minor planets, and many more not yet numbered. Most asteroids are ordinary and not particularly noteworthy. For a smaller list of notable asteroids, see List of noteworthy asteroids. 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Minor planets, or asteroids or planetoids, are minor celestial bodies of the Solar system orbiting the Sun (mostly Small solar system bodies) that are smaller than major planets, but larger than meteoroids (commonly defined as being 10 meters across or less[1]), and that are not comets. ... The following is a collection of lists of noteworthy asteroids in the Solar system, sometimes also including minor planets beyond the orbit of Jupiter. ...

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List of asteroids

The list is much, much too long to fit on one page, see these subpages:

       1–1000   10001–11000   20001–21000   30001–31000   40001–41000
    1001–2000   11001–12000   21001–22000   31001–32000   41001–42000
    2001–3000   12001–13000   22001–23000   32001–33000   42001–43000
    3001–4000   13001–14000   23001–24000   33001–34000   43001–44000
    4001–5000   14001–15000   24001–25000   34001–35000   44001–45000
    5001–6000   15001–16000   25001–26000   35001–36000   45001–46000
    6001–7000   16001–17000   26001–27000   36001–37000   46001–47000
    7001–8000   17001–18000   27001–28000   37001–38000   47001–48000
    8001–9000   18001–19000   28001–29000   38001–39000   48001–49000
   9001–10000   19001–20000   29001–30000   39001–40000   49001–50000
 
  50001–51000   60001–61000   70001–71000   80001–81000   90001–91000
  51001–52000   61001–62000   71001–72000   81001–82000   91001–92000
  52001–53000   62001–63000   72001–73000   82001–83000   92001–93000
  53001–54000   63001–64000   73001–74000   83001–84000   93001–94000
  54001–55000   64001–65000   74001–75000   84001–85000   94001–95000
  55001–56000   65001–66000   75001–76000   85001–86000   95001–96000
  56001–57000   66001–67000   76001–77000   86001–87000   96001–97000
  57001–58000   67001–68000   77001–78000   87001–88000   97001–98000
  58001–59000   68001–69000   78001–79000   88001–89000   98001–99000
  59001–60000   69001–70000   79001–80000   89001–90000   99001–100000
 
100001–101000 110001–111000 120001–121000 130001–131000 140001–141000
101001–102000 111001–112000 121001–122000 131001–132000 141001–142000
102001–103000 112001–113000 122001–123000 132001–133000 142001–143000
103001–104000 113001–114000 123001–124000 133001–134000 143001–144000
104001–105000 114001–115000 124001–125000 134001–135000 144001–145000
105001–106000 115001–116000 125001–126000 135001–136000 145001–146000
106001–107000 116001–117000 126001–127000 136001–137000 146001–147000
107001–108000 117001–118000 127001–128000 137001–138000 147001–148000
108001–109000 118001–119000 128001–129000 138001–139000 148001–149000
109001–110000 119001–120000 129001–130000 139001–140000 149001–150000
 
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152001–153000
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Note: The pronunciations are now on a separate page (linked from the main article). ... Contents: 10001. ... Contents: 20001. ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 40001 - 1998 HB88 April 21, 1998 LINEAR 40002 - 1998 HS89 April 21, 1998 LINEAR 40003 - 1998 HW92 April 21, 1998 LINEAR 40004 - 1998 HF94 April 21, 1998 LINEAR 40005 - 1998 HA96 April 21, 1998 LINEAR 40006 - 1998 HV101 April 24, 1998 J. Broughton 40007... Contents: 1001. ... Contents: 11001. ... Contents: 21001. ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 41001 - 1999 UG9 October 29, 1999 CSS 41002 - 1999 UW12 October 29, 1999 CSS 41003 - 1999 UZ12 October 29, 1999 CSS 41004 - 1999 UA13 October 29, 1999 CSS 41005 - 1999 UJ13 October 29, 1999 CSS 41006 - 1999 UM13 October 29, 1999 CSS 41007 - 1999... Contents: 2001. ... Contents: 12001. ... Contents: 22001. ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 42001 - 2000 YW46 December 30, 2000 LINEAR 42002 - 2000 YU47 December 30, 2000 LINEAR 42003 - 2000 YJ48 December 30, 2000 LINEAR 42004 - 2000 YJ49 December 30, 2000 LINEAR 42005 - 2000 YW49 December 30, 2000 LINEAR 42006 - 2000 YA50 December 30, 2000 LINEAR 42007 - 2000... Contents: 3001. ... Contents: 13001. ... Contents: 23001. ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 33001 - 1997 CU29 February 6, 1997 D. C. Jewitt, J. X. Luu, C. A. Trujillo, J. Chen 33002 - 1997 DM February 17, 1997 V. S. Casulli 33003 - 1997 EJ March 1, 1997 T. Kobayashi 33004 - 1997 EP March 2, 1997 P. G. Comba 33005... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 43001 - 1999 UE9 October 29, 1999 CSS 43002 - 1999 US12 October 29, 1999 CSS 43003 - 1999 UC14 October 29, 1999 CSS 43004 - 1999 UR16 October 29, 1999 CSS 43005 - 1999 UA17 October 30, 1999 CSS 43006 - 1999 UG26 October 30, 1999 CSS 43007 - 1999... Contents: 4001. ... Contents: 14001. ... Contents: 24001. ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 34001 - 2000 OR5 July 24, 2000 LINEAR 34002 - 2000 OD6 July 24, 2000 LINEAR 34003 - 2000 OU6 July 29, 2000 LINEAR 34004 - 2000 OS7 July 30, 2000 M. Tombelli, D. Guidetti 34005 - 2000 OY7 July 30, 2000 LINEAR 34006 - 2000 OQ9 July 31, 2000... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 44001 - 1997 RE3 September 6, 1997 Pises 44002 - 1997 ST1 September 23, 1997 P. G. Comba 44003 - 1997 SZ2 September 23, 1997 Farra dIsonzo 44004 - 1997 SS3 September 25, 1997 G. R. Viscome 44005 Migliardi 1997 SY3 September 25, 1997 V. Goretti 44006... Contents: 5001. ... Contents: 15001. ... Contents: 25001. ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 35001 - 1978 VN4 November 7, 1978 E. F. Helin, S. J. Bus 35002 - 1978 VY8 November 7, 1978 E. F. Helin, S. J. Bus 35003 - 1979 MT1 June 25, 1979 E. F. Helin, S. J. Bus 35004 - 1979 MC3 June 25, 1979 E. F... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 45001 - 1999 VZ186 November 15, 1999 LINEAR 45002 - 1999 VS193 November 3, 1999 LONEOS 45003 - 1999 VL194 November 1, 1999 CSS 45004 - 1999 VD197 November 2, 1999 CSS 45005 - 1999 VR198 November 3, 1999 CSS 45006 - 1999 VV198 November 3, 1999 CSS 45007 - 1999... Contents: 6001. ... Contents: 16001. ... Contents: 26001. ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 46001 - 2001 CG1 February 1, 2001 LINEAR 46002 - 2001 CB3 February 1, 2001 LINEAR 46003 - 2001 CF3 February 1, 2001 LINEAR 46004 - 2001 CF4 February 1, 2001 LINEAR 46005 - 2001 CR7 February 1, 2001 LINEAR 46006 - 2001 CB11 February 1, 2001 LINEAR 46007 - 2001... Contents: 7001. ... Contents: 17001. ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 47001 - 1998 TA35 October 14, 1998 LONEOS 47002 - 1998 UQ2 October 20, 1998 ODAS 47003 - 1998 UF7 October 23, 1998 K. Korlević 47004 - 1998 UZ7 October 23, 1998 K. Korlević 47005 - 1998 UP8 October 16, 1998 BAO Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program 47006... Contents: 8001. ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 38001 - 1998 KM37 May 22, 1998 LINEAR 38002 - 1998 KO42 May 27, 1998 LONEOS 38003 - 1998 KH44 May 22, 1998 LINEAR 38004 - 1998 KJ47 May 22, 1998 LINEAR 38005 - 1998 KM47 May 22, 1998 LINEAR 38006 - 1998 KD48 May 22, 1998 LINEAR 38007 - 1998... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 48001 - 2001 BZ41 January 24, 2001 LINEAR 48002 - 2001 BN44 January 19, 2001 LINEAR 48003 - 2001 BZ49 January 21, 2001 LINEAR 48004 - 2001 BS61 January 31, 2001 W. K. Y. Yeung 48005 - 2001 BM66 January 26, 2001 LINEAR 48006 - 2001 BF67 January 30, 2001... Contents: 9001. ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 39001 - 2000 UN27 October 24, 2000 LINEAR 39002 - 2000 UO33 October 18, 2000 LINEAR 39003 - 2000 UL37 October 24, 2000 LINEAR 39004 - 2000 UV37 October 24, 2000 LINEAR 39005 - 2000 UK39 October 24, 2000 LINEAR 39006 - 2000 UH40 October 24, 2000 LINEAR 39007 - 2000... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 50001 - 2000 AK15 January 3, 2000 LINEAR 50002 - 2000 AB16 January 3, 2000 LINEAR 50003 - 2000 AM16 January 3, 2000 LINEAR 50004 - 2000 AS16 January 3, 2000 LINEAR 50005 - 2000 AW18 January 3, 2000 LINEAR 50006 - 2000 AY19 January 3, 2000 LINEAR 50007 - 2000... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 70001 - 1998 XB7 December 8, 1998 Spacewatch 70002 - 1998 XY9 December 7, 1998 ODAS 70003 - 1998 XV12 December 15, 1998 K. Korlević 70004 - 1998 XF26 December 15, 1998 ODAS 70005 - 1998 XN28 December 14, 1998 LINEAR 70006 - 1998 XZ32 December 14, 1998 LINEAR... Contents: 80001. ... Contents: 90001. ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 51001 - 2000 GL98 April 7, 2000 LINEAR 51002 - 2000 GY99 April 7, 2000 LINEAR 51003 - 2000 GP100 April 7, 2000 LINEAR 51004 - 2000 GL102 April 7, 2000 LINEAR 51005 - 2000 GM102 April 7, 2000 LINEAR 51006 - 2000 GQ102 April 7, 2000 LINEAR 51007 - 2000... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 71001 - 1999 XL37 December 7, 1999 C. W. Juels 71002 - 1999 XO37 December 7, 1999 Črni Vrh 71003 - 1999 XD38 December 3, 1999 N. Kawasato 71004 - 1999 XF38 December 3, 1999 Y. Shimizu, T. Urata 71005 - 1999 XN41 December 7, 1999 LINEAR 71006... Contents: 81001. ... Contents: 91001. ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 52001 - 2001 UO30 October 16, 2001 LINEAR 52002 - 2001 UT30 October 16, 2001 LINEAR 52003 - 2001 VB77 November 8, 2001 NEAT 52004 - 2001 YH2 December 18, 2001 J. V. McClusky 52005 Maik 2002 CL13 February 8, 2002 C. W. Juels, P. R. Holvorcem 52006... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 72001 - 2000 WX188 November 18, 2000 LONEOS 72002 - 2000 WP191 November 19, 2000 LONEOS 72003 - 2000 XP2 December 1, 2000 LINEAR 72004 - 2000 XS3 December 1, 2000 LINEAR 72005 - 2000 XV6 December 1, 2000 LINEAR 72006 - 2000 XJ7 December 1, 2000 LINEAR 72007 - 2000... Contents: 82001. ... Contents: 92001. ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 73001 - 2002 EP25 March 10, 2002 LONEOS 73002 - 2002 EE26 March 10, 2002 LONEOS 73003 - 2002 EJ26 March 10, 2002 LONEOS 73004 - 2002 EC28 March 9, 2002 LINEAR 73005 - 2002 EP29 March 9, 2002 LINEAR 73006 - 2002 ER29 March 9, 2002 LINEAR 73007 - 2002... Contents: 83001. ... Contents: 93001. ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 74001 - 1998 FW45 March 20, 1998 LINEAR 74002 - 1998 FL47 March 20, 1998 LINEAR 74003 - 1998 FP48 March 20, 1998 LINEAR 74004 - 1998 FS64 March 20, 1998 LINEAR 74005 - 1998 FH70 March 20, 1998 LINEAR 74006 - 1998 FP71 March 20, 1998 LINEAR 74007 - 1998... Contents: 84001. ... Contents: 94001. ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 75001 - 1999 TX283 October 9, 1999 LINEAR 75002 - 1999 TM285 October 9, 1999 LINEAR 75003 - 1999 TO286 October 10, 1999 LINEAR 75004 - 1999 TQ291 October 10, 1999 LINEAR 75005 - 1999 TZ297 October 1, 1999 CSS 75006 - 1999 TX308 October 6, 1999 Spacewatch 75007 - 1999... Contents: 85001. ... Contents: 95001. ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Contents: 76001. ... Contents: 86001. ... Contents: 96001. ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Contents: 77001. ... Contents: 87001. ... Contents: 97001. ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 68001 - 2000 XS33 December 4, 2000 LINEAR 68002 - 2000 XK34 December 4, 2000 LINEAR 68003 - 2000 XJ35 December 4, 2000 LINEAR 68004 - 2000 XD38 December 5, 2000 LINEAR 68005 - 2000 XQ47 December 4, 2000 LINEAR 68006 - 2000 XR48 December 4, 2000 LINEAR 68007 - 2000... Contents: 78001. ... Contents: 88001. ... Contents: 98001. ... Categories: Lists of asteroids ... Name Provisional Designation Discovery Date Discoverer 69001 - 2002 TM173 October 4, 2002 LINEAR 69002 - 2002 TX181 October 3, 2002 LINEAR 69003 - 2002 TK196 October 3, 2002 LINEAR 69004 - 2002 TL198 October 5, 2002 Spacewatch 69005 - 2002 TZ207 October 4, 2002 LINEAR 69006 - 2002 TS212 October 7, 2002 NEAT 69007 - 2002... Contents: 79001. ... Contents: 89001. ... Contents: 99001. ... Contents: 100001. ... Contents: 110001. ... Contents: 120001. ... Contents: 130001. ... Contents: 140001. ... Contents: 101001. ... Contents: 111001. ... Contents: 121001. ... Contents: 131001. ... Contents: 141001. ... Contents: 102001. ... Contents: 112001. ... Contents: 122001. ... Contents: 132001. ... Contents: 142001. ... Contents: 103001. ... Contents: 113001. ... Contents: 123001. ... Contents: 133001. ... Contents: 143001. ... Contents: 104001. ... Contents: 114001. ... Contents: 124001. ... 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Numbering and naming conventions

After discovery, asteroids generally receive a provisional designation (such as "1989 AC"), then a number (such as 4179), and finally (optionally) a name (such as "Toutatis"), in that order. The provisional designation of comets and asteroids are similar to each other: they both follow a pattern set in 1925 by the Minor Planet Center of the IAU. Historical designations At first, astronomers strove to assign symbols to the minor planets: 1 Ceres a stylized sickle 2 Pallas a lozenge... The asteroid 4179 Toutatis (too-ta-tis) is an Apollo, an Alinda and a Mars-crosser asteroid with a chaotic orbit produced by a 3:1 resonance with the planet Jupiter. ...


In modern times, an asteroid receives a sequential number only after its orbit is precisely known. Asteroids whose orbits are not (yet) precisely known are known by their provisional designation. This rule was not necessarily followed in earlier times, and some asteroids received a number but were subsequently "lost". All of these have now been recovered; the last "lost" numbered asteroid was 719 Albert. 719 Albert is an Amor asteroid, the second one discovered after 433 Eros. ...


For the reasons mentioned above, the sequence of numbers only approximately matches the timeline of discovery. In extreme cases, such as "lost" asteroids, there may be a considerable mismatch: for instance the high-numbered 69230 Hermes was originally discovered in 1937, but was lost until 2003. Only after it was recovered could its orbit be established and a number assigned. Before this, it was simply known as 1937 UB (its provisional designation). 69230 Hermes is an Apollo, Mars- and Venus-crosser asteroid that passed within 0. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Only after a number is assigned is the asteroid eligible to receive a name. (For many years, Hermes was a rare exception, an unnumbered asteroid with a name.) Usually the discoverer has up to 10 years to pick a name; some asteroids remain unnamed. Especially towards the end of the 20th century, with large-scale automated asteroid discovery programs such as LINEAR, the pace of discoveries has increased so much that it seems likely that the vast majority of "run of the mill" discoveries from now on will never receive names. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... The word linear comes from the Latin word linearis, which means created by lines. ...


In rare cases, a very unusual object may receive an unofficial name before it is numbered. A recent example is 90377 Sedna, which officially had only the systematic name "2003 VB12" before it was numbered (90377) and, shortly thereafter, named in September, 2004. you are abunch of bull | bgcolour=#FFFFC0 | name=90377 Sedna | image= | caption= Sedna is located in the center of the green circle | discovery=yes | discoverer=M. Brown, C. Trujillo, D. Rabinowitz | discovered=November 14, 2003 | mp_name=90377 Sedna | alt_names= | mp_category=Trans-Neptunian object | epoch=September 26, 1990 (JD 2448160. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


See also

2006 HZ51 is an 800 m diameter asteroid discovered on 27 April 2006 by the Catalina Sky Survey that was thought to have a chance of hit Earth on 21 June 2008. ... The Apollo asteroid 25143 Itokawa. ... The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the asteroid 1221 Amor. ... This is a list of asteroids named after people. ... This is a list of asteroids named after places, organized by continent. ... 243 Ida and its moon Dactyl An asteroid moon is an asteroid that orbits another asteroid. ... The Aten asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids, named after the first of the group to be discovered (2062 Aten, discovered January 7, 1976 by Eleanor F. Helin). ... The centaurs are a class of icy planetoids that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune, named after the mythical race of centaurs. ... A scattered disk object (or scattered disc object or SDO) is a trans-Neptunian object of the Kuiper belt with a very eccentric orbit. ... This is a list of named asteroids, with links to the Wikipedia articles on the people, places, characters and concepts that they are named after. ... The Minor Planet Center operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), which is part of the Center for Astrophysics (CfA) along with the Harvard College Observatory (HCO). ... Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are asteroids whose orbits are close to Earths orbit. ... This page alphabetically lists the first thousand asteroids to be numbered, which are mostly in the main belt. ...

External links

References

Books

  • Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 5th ed.: Prepared on Behalf of Commission 20 Under the Auspices of the International Astronomical Union, Lutz D. Schmadel, ISBN 3-540-00238-3
  • The Names of the Minor Planets, Paul Herget, 1955

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