List of named minor planets (alphabetical)

This is a list of named minor planets in an alphabetical, case-insensitive order grouped by the first letter of their name.[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] 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.[1]

For the numerically ordered list, see list of named minor planets (numerical).
Also see the special list of minor planets named for people, places and rivers, as well as animals and plants
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A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Minor planets grouped by the first letter of their name. Names rarely begin with "Q" or "X", but often with "S".[lower-alpha 1]

Over the last four decades, the list has grown significantly with an average rate of 492 new namings published every year (or 1.35 namings per day). While in March 1979,[2] only 1924 minor planets had received a name and completed the designation process, as of 24 October 2022, the list contains 23,542 named objects.[1] This, however, only accounts for 3.80% of all numbered bodies, as there are over 600,000 minor planets with a well established orbit which is a precondition for receiving a name. Of all these minor-planet names, 1266 contain diacritical marks.[3]

See also

Notes
  1. For a minor-planet name starting with a character that is not convertible into a Latin one, the second character of its name is used instead. Examples include 469705 ǂKá̦gára (added to names starting with "K") and 374710 ʻOʻo (to be found in the partial list for letter "O").

References
  1. "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. Pilcher, Frederick (December 1979). "An Updated Alphabetical List of Names of Minor Planets". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 7: 11–15. Bibcode:1979MPBu....7...11P. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  3. "Minor Planet Names: Alphabetical List". Minor Planet Center. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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