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List of minor planet discoverers
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<p>This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the <a href="/facts/Minor_Planet_Center/v8T7sdK4">Minor Planet Center</a> with the discovery of one or several <a href="/facts/Minor_planets/GxoaU532">minor planets</a> (such as <a href="/facts/Near-Earth_object/UwnPRnSN">near-Earth</a> and <a href="/facts/Main-belt_asteroid/YHAq2Eh3">main-belt asteroids</a>, <a href="/facts/Jupiter_trojan/KN9dgpUr">Jupiter trojans</a> and <a href="/facts/Distant_minor_planet/WppkoW1G">distant objects</a>). As of January 2022, the discovery of <a href="/facts/List_of_minor_planets/hzpMh7gf">612,011 numbered minor planets</a> are credited to 1,141 <a href="/facts/Astronomer/ronF8j4a">astronomers</a> and 253 <a href="/facts/Observatories/y0FVg7vS">observatories</a>, <a href="/facts/Telescope/BDwYahhR">telescopes</a> or <a href="/facts/Astronomical_survey/6BE1V8V6">surveys</a> <i>(see § Discovering dedicated institutions)</i>. </p><p>On how a discovery is made, <i>see <a href="/facts/Observations_of_small_Solar_System_bodies/1qjEW5kC">observations of small Solar System bodies</a>. For a description of the tables below, see § Notes</i>. </p>