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Lists and Plots: Minor Planets
This page contains lists and plots related to minor planets.
If you use information from any of the lists in the preparation of any
publication, please acknowledge the relevant URL and
MPC.
- Dates of Last Observation
- As a convenience for observers, we list
the dates of last observation for
unusual minor planets.
- Unusual Minor Planets
- Lists of unusual minor planets
(i.e., those whose orbit approaches that of
the earth or whose orbit lies in the outer solar system).
- Forthcoming Close Approaches to the Earth
- A list of close approaches to the earth
by comets and near-earth minor planets in the next 33 years.
- Closest Approaches to the Earth
- A list of the closest approaches to the
earth by minor planets.
- Trojan Minor Planets
- Lists of Trojan minor planets.
- Plots of the Solar System
- Views (updated daily) of the inner or
outer solar system. A similar
view of the innermost region of
the solar system is also available.
- Distribution of the Minor Planets
- Plots showing how the orbital elements
of the minor planets are distributed.
- Orbit Diagrams
- Orbit diagrams are available for a
selection of Near-Earth Objects and periodic comets.
- Correspondences Of Minor Planet Designations
- Don't know the name, number or principal designation for a particular
unnumbered minor planet (new- or old-style designation)? Use this
interactive converter for minor-planet designations.
An alphabetical list of names of numbered minor
planets is available.
- Conversion of Absolute Magnitudes to Diameters
- A table converting a minor planet's absolute
magnitude to a diameter.
- Minor Planet Lightcurve Parameters (2003 Dec. 15)
- A list of lightcurve parameters
for minor planets.
- Discoverers of the Numbered Minor Planets
- The numbered minor planets have been discovered by a large number
of individuals and teams. Lists of the discovery statistics are available
ordered by number of discoveries and
alphabetically. Also available is a list
of the number of discoveries made at the
most prolific discovery sites.
Discovery circumstances are also
available, as is a breakdown of
numbered discoveries by year.
- Provisional Designations
- Information on the number of new-style provisional
designations (and the yearly and half-monthly breakdowns of the total)
assigned by the Minor Planet Center (and its predecessors).
- Observatory Codes
- The list of parallax constants for observatories
involved in the astrometric observation of comets and minor planets.
- Archive Statistics
- Information on the increasing size
of the Minor Planet Center's archive.
Suggestions for further lists and plots should be submitted using the
user feedback form.
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