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    Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet. Before...
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  • This is a list of minor planets which have been officially named by the Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN) of the International Astronomical...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 1 through 1000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial...
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    following is a list of numbered minor planets in ascending numerical order. With the exception of comets, minor planets are all small bodies in the Solar...
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    A minor-planet moon is an astronomical object that orbits a minor planet as its natural satellite. As of January 2022[update], there are 457 minor planets...
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  • 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...
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  • As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 1001 through 2000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 10001 through 11000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 3001 through 4000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 6001 through 7000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 2001 through 3000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 11001 through 12000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 5001 through 6000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial...
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  • As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 4001 through 5000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 7001 through 8000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 9001 through 10000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 8001 through 9000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 28001 through 29000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 12001 through 13000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 82001 through 83000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 34001 through 35000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 25001 through 26000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 23001 through 24000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 17001 through 18000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 21001 through 22000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 26001 through 27000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 16001 through 17000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other...
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  • The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 27001 through 28000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other...
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