List of minor planets

The following is a list of minor planets in ascending numerical order. Minor planets are small bodies in the Solar System: asteroids, distant objects, and dwarf planets, but not comets. As of 2022, the vast majority (97.3%) are asteroids from the asteroid belt. Their discoveries are certified by the Minor Planet Center, which assigns them numbers on behalf of the International Astronomical Union. Every year, the Center publishes thousands of newly numbered minor planets in its Minor Planet Circulars(see index). As of May 2026, the 895,910 numbered minor planets made up more than half of the 1,547,929 observed small Solar System bodies, of which the rest were unnumbered minor planets and comets.