List Of Minor Planets
This is a list of numbered minor planets in the Solar System, in numerical order.
As of December 2011 there are 310,376 numbered minor planets, and about as many yet unnumbered. Most are not particularly noteworthy; only some 16,000 minor planets have been given. As of 31 August 2012, there are 337,008 minor planets numbered, 17,355 named, 571,459 minor planets not named, and 251,806 that are not numbered yet. There are 588,814 total minor planets as of 31 August 2012. As of 2 October 2012, there are 604,773 total minor planet records, of which 265,624 minor planets have not been named yet and; 337,008 of them have been numbered, http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/ArchiveStatistics.html names (the first nameless minor planet being number 3708).
For a short list of notable asteroids, see list of notable asteroids, and for notable minor planets beyond Neptune's orbit, see trans-Neptunian object and list of plutoid candidates.
Five minor planets have been classified as dwarf planets and several more are likely to achieve this classification.
Read more about List Of Minor Planets: Numbering and Naming Conventions, Index To Lists of Minor Planets, By Criteria, Books
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