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A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun (or more broadly, any star with a planetary system) that is neither a planet nor exclusively classified as a comet. Before 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially used the term minor planet, but during
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See moreHundreds of thousands of minor planets have been discovered within the Solar System and thousands more are discovered each month. The Minor Planet Center has documented over 213 million observations and 794,832
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See moreAll astronomical bodies in the Solar System need a distinct designation. The naming of minor planets runs through a three-step process. First, a
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See moreCommission 15 of the International Astronomical Union is dedicated to the Physical Study of Comets & Minor Planets.
Archival data on the physical properties of comets and minor planets are found in the PDS Asteroid/Dust Archive. This includes standard asteroid physical characteristics...
See moreEnvironmental characteristics have three aspects: space environment, surface environment and internal environment, including geological, optical, thermal and radiological environmental properties, etc, which are the basis for understanding the basic properties of minor
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See all 8 rows on en.wikipedia.orgPRINCIPAL ORBITAL GROUPS(C) MPS (#) MPS (%) ORBITAL CRITERIA MBA (middle) 199,571 35.19% 2.5 AU < a < 2.82 AU; q > 1.666 AU MBA (inner) 183,082 32.28% a < 2.5 AU; q > 1.666 AU MBA (outer) 169,837 29.95% 2.82 AU < a < 4.6 AU; q > 1.666 AU Mars-crosser 5,606 0.99% 1.3 AU < q < 1.666 AU; a < 3.2 AU Jupiter trojan 5,198 0.92% 4.6 AU < a < 5.5 AU; e < 0.3 Near-Earth object(a) 2,933 0.52% q < 1.3 AU Trans-Neptunian object 736 0.13% a > 30.1 AU Centaur 140 0.02% 5.5 AU < a < 30.1 AU - People also ask