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  2. Minor planet - Wikipedia

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    All other minor planets and comets are called small Solar System bodies. [1] The IAU stated that the term minor planet may still be used, but the term small Solar System body will be preferred. [8] However, for purposes of numbering and naming, the traditional distinction between minor planet and comet is still used.

  3. List of minor planets - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of numbered minor planets (essentially the same as asteroids) in ascending numerical order. Minor planets are defined as small bodies in the Solar System, including asteroids, distant objects, and dwarf planets, but not including comets. The catalog consists of hundreds of pages, each containing 1,000 minor planets.

  4. Meanings of minor-planet names - Wikipedia

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    Many minor planets are also named after places such cities, towns, and villages, mountains and volcanoes; after rivers, observatories, as well as organizations, clubs and astronomical societies. Some are named after animals and plants. A few minor planets are named after exotic entities such as supercomputers or have an unknown origin.

  5. Lists of small Solar System bodies - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the lists of small Solar System bodies and dwarf planets. Lists of comets; List of minor planets; List of named minor planets (alphabetical) List of named minor planets (numerical) List of exceptional asteroids; List of trans-Neptunian objects; List of fast rotators (minor planets) List of slow rotators (minor planets)

  6. List of named minor planets (alphabetical) - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of named minor planets in an alphabetical, case-insensitive order grouped by the first letter of their name. [a] [b] New namings, typically proposed by the discoverer and approved by the Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN) of the International Astronomical Union, are published nowadays in their WGSBN Bulletin and summarized in a dedicated list several times a year.

  7. List of minor planets: 1–1000 - Wikipedia

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    A detailed description of the table's columns and additional sources are given on the main page including a complete list of every page in this series, and a statistical break-up on the dynamical classification of minor planets. Also see the summary list of all named bodies in numerical and alphabetical order, and the corresponding naming ...

  8. Meanings of minor-planet names: 388001–389000 - Wikipedia

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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 names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

  9. List of minor-planet groups - Wikipedia

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    Most of the minor planets beyond the orbit of Jupiter are believed to be composed of ices and other volatiles. Many are similar to comets, differing only in that the perihelia of their orbits are too distant from the Sun to produce a significant tail. The Damocloid asteroids, also known as the "Oort cloud group," are named after 5335 Damocles.