List Of Notable Asteroids
The following is a collection of lists of notable asteroids in the Solar System. For the purposes of this article 'asteroid' means minor planet inside the orbit of Neptune, including the dwarf planet Ceres. For a complete list of minor planets in numerical order, see List of minor planets.
Note: each asteroid is given a unique sequential identifying number after its orbit is precisely determined. Prior to this, asteroids are known only by their systematic name or provisional designation, such as "1950 DA".
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