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List of slow rotators (minor planets)

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List of Saturn-crossing minor planets

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Asteroids11

• With the exception of comets, minor planets are all small bodies in the Solar System, including asteroids, distant objects and dwarf planets. (wikipedia.org)
• The vast majority (97.3%) of minor planets are asteroids from the asteroid belt (the catalog uses a color code to indicate a body's dynamical classification). (wikipedia.org)
• Planetoids, asteroids, and minor planets have all been used interchangeably, but the situation became even more confusing when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) committee reclassified minor planets and comets into the new categories of dwarf planets and small solar system bodies. (universetoday.com)
• At first, astronomers thought that the asteroids, especially Ceres and Pallas were actually planets. (universetoday.com)
• There are a number of different categories that minor planets fall into including asteroids, Trans-Neptunian objects, and centaurs. (universetoday.com)
• Minor planets can be dwarf planets , asteroids , trojans , centaurs , Kuiper belt objects, and other trans-Neptunian objects . (wn.com)
• This terminology has become more complicated by the discovery of numerous minor planets beyond the orbit of Jupiter , especially trans-Neptunian objects that are generally not considered asteroids. (wn.com)
• The album artwork captures the feeling of peering through the vacuum of space and catching a rare glimpse of the mysterious alien biomes, fossils, and silhouettes cast by dwarf planets, asteroids, Kuiper belt, and other trans-Neptunian objects. (marionettelabel.com)
• Since my graduate years, I have been interested in minor bodies of the Solar system - asteroids, meteors and comets. (harvard.edu)
• Asteroids have enough water in them to give a nice wet surface layer to forming young rocky planets," says Ben Zuckerman, who studies white dwarfs at the University of California, Los Angeles. (astronomy.com)
• Some are small and look like asteroids, while others are so icy that they would turn into comets if they came to close to the Sun. Jupiters largest moon, Ganyemede, is so large that it is even bigger than Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun. (lu.se)

Orbits9

• Minor planets whose orbits are not (yet) precisely known are known by their provisional designation. (wikipedia.org)
• Minor planet is a term used to refer to a celestial object - that is not a planet or comet - which orbits the Sun. Found in 1801, Ceres, also known as a dwarf planet, was the first minor planet discovered. (universetoday.com)
• The orbits of 692,604 minor planets were archived at the Minor Planet Center by 2015. (wn.com)
• Recently, the discovery of a gaseous debris disk with a composition similar to that of ice giant planets 14 demonstrated that massive planets might also find their way into tight orbits around white dwarfs, but it is unclear whether these planets can survive the journey. (nature.com)
• So far, no intact planets have been detected in close orbits around white dwarfs. (nature.com)
• Instead, our findings for the WD 1856+534 system indicate that giant planets can be scattered into tight orbits without being tidally disrupted, motivating the search for smaller transiting planets around white dwarfs. (nature.com)
• The MPC is also responsible for the efficient collection, computation, checking and dissemination of astrometric observations and orbits for minor planets and comets. (harvard.edu)
• Validated planet candidates need not lie on long-term stable orbits, and instability triggered by post-main-sequence stellar evolution can generate architectures which transport rocky material to white dwarfs, hence polluting them. (lu.se)
• The giant planet HD 131399Ab orbits its parent A star at a projected separation of about 50-100 au. (lu.se)

Comets3

• As of September 2022[update], there are 619,150 numbered minor planets (secured discoveries) out of a total of 1,233,701 observed small Solar System bodies, with the remainder being unnumbered minor planets and comets. (wikipedia.org)
• A list of close approaches to the earth by comets and near-earth minor planets in the next 33 years. (minorplanetcenter.net)
• The list of parallax constants for observatories involved in the astrometric observation of comets and minor planets. (minorplanetcenter.net)

Circulars3

• Every year, the Minor Planet Center, which operates on behalf of the International Astronomical Union, publishes thousands of newly numbered minor planets in its Minor Planet Circulars (see index). (wikipedia.org)
• is a reference to the citation that accompanied the naming of the object in the Minor Planet Circulars . (minorplanetcenter.net)
• Tiny extraction from Minor Planet Circulars issued just today (formally dated 2020-04-30). (platanus.pl)

Kuiper3

• and more than a trillion minor planets in the Kuiper belt. (wikipedia.org)
• [8] adalah sebuah planet katai yang ditemukan pada hari Jumat , 29 Juli 2005 oleh tiga astronom dari Amerika Serikat , Profesor Mike Brown dan koleganya dari Institut Teknologi California (Caltech), yang juga menemukan beberapa objek-objek serupa planet pada area Sabuk Kuiper . (wikipedia.org)
• Diperkirakan ada sekitar 100.000 objek yang dikenal sebagai objek Sabuk Kuiper, salah satunya adalah Pluto, sehingga sebagian ilmuwan pun lebih menganggap status Eris sebagai objek Sabuk Kuiper dibandingkan sebuah planet. (wikipedia.org)

Solar18

• Hydrostatic equilibrium - the ability to maintain a roughly spherical shape - is what separates dwarf planets from the more irregularly shaped small solar system bodies. (universetoday.com)
• Lists of unusual minor planets (i.e., those whose orbit approaches that of the earth or whose orbit lies in the outer solar system). (minorplanetcenter.net)
• This photo shows the newly discovered minor planet 1992 AD which is the most distant in the Solar System. (eso.org)
• Those names were proposed by astronomy groups from all over the world and the 17 groups who were successful were rewarded with another gift from the IAU: they got to name a minor object in the Solar System. (iflscience.com)
• After fifteen years and two astounding releases, Twinkle³, the trio comprised of Richard Scott, David Ross and Clive Bell complete their cosmos themed electroacoustic trilogy with the 'Minor Planets' LP. Their firstling 'Let's Make a Solar System' (ini itu, 2009) introduced a collage method working with individually generated and recorded sounds. (marionettelabel.com)
• Astronomers have discovered thousands of planets outside the Solar System 1 , most of which orbit stars that will eventually evolve into red giants and then into white dwarfs. (nature.com)
• This conjunction of the Solar System's largest planet and gibbous Moon makes an attractive pairing in a typical binocular, while a telescope magnifying less than about 25× permits you to see both the Moon and Jupiter in the same field of view. (astronomynow.com)
• This planet was the base of the Life Designers in the solar system. (bibliotecapleyades.net)
• dam Genisi includes an appendix of this name, highlighting very telling ancient texts concerning the planet Venus, which they called (among other appellations) the Morning Star, and which they describe as having been a roving star ('astre') before taking its present position in the solar system. (bibliotecapleyades.net)
• This planet is orbiting in our solar system, it is real and it was named 'Markknopfler (28151)' . (direstraitsblog.com)
• Also, this is one of over 600,000 numbered minor planets in our solar system. (direstraitsblog.com)
• Orbiting somewhere between Mars and Jupiter, it is one of over 600,000 numbered minor planets in our solar system. (direstraitsblog.com)
• But despite identifying thousands of planets and planet candidates beyond the solar system, scientists can glean only the thinnest of data about them. (astronomy.com)
• Although some argue the four rocky inner planets of our solar system could have been born wet, the majority believe the worlds were probably too hot to hold onto water. (astronomy.com)
• The rocky snowballs of the solar system could have crashed into the inner planets when everything was colliding in the violent early solar system, bringing not only water, but also other volatile materials like carbon and nitrogen. (astronomy.com)
• The Red Planet is a cold, desert world within our solar system . (space.com)
• The Red Planet is home to both the highest mountain and the deepest, longest valley in the solar system. (space.com)
• In this show our visitors will together with an astronomer explore the moons and minor bodies of our Solar System. (lu.se)

Observatory2

• It is expected that the upcoming survey by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will discover another 5 million minor planets during the next ten years-almost a tenfold increase from current numbers. (wikipedia.org)
• The Minor Planet Center (MPC) operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory , under the auspices of Division F of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). (iau.org)

Jupiter5

• The planet candidate is roughly the same size as Jupiter and is no more than 14 times as massive (with 95 per cent confidence). (nature.com)
• At 12am BST on Sunday 4 June, the waxing gibbous Moon lies just 2 degrees to the upper right of largest planet Jupiter - a fine pairing in this simulated 10×50 binocular view. (astronomynow.com)
• In my appendix to dam Genisi , NEB-HERU, The Morning Star, I bring numerous new elements, in rapport with mythology, that explain that there existed a planet between Mars and Jupiter which I name Mulge (the Black Star). (bibliotecapleyades.net)
• Namely, in 1998 NASA has confirmed that a minor planet, with a size of 4.86 kilometers in diameter is moving and orbiting somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. (direstraitsblog.com)
• The planet is orbiting somewhere between planets Mars and Jupiter. (direstraitsblog.com)

Discoverers1

• There are more than a thousand different minor-planet discoverers observing from a growing list of registered observatories. (wikipedia.org)

Dwarf planet4

• At the same time, the IAU created a new definition of what a planet is, and Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet. (universetoday.com)
• For example, Ceres is a dwarf planet and minor planet, additionally it can also be classified as an asteroid. (universetoday.com)
• Pada 24 Agustus 2006 , para ilmuwan Persatuan Astronomi Internasional akhirnya memutuskan statusnya sebagai planet katai ( dwarf planet ). (wikipedia.org)
• A dwarf planet class object in the 21:5 resonance with Neptune. (harvard.edu)

Ceres1

• The first minor planet to be discovered was Ceres in 1801. (wn.com)

Extrasolar1

• This illustration depicts the extrasolar planet HD 189733b with its parent star peeking above its top edge. (astronomy.com)

Dynamical1

• A detailed description of the table's columns and additional sources are given on the main page including a complete list of every page in this series, and a statistical break-up on the dynamical classification of minor planets. (wikipedia.org)

Astronomers3

• Universe Today has a number of articles including astronomers find new minor planet and why Pluto is no lone a planet . (universetoday.com)
• The IAU is delighted to see the involvement of amateur astronomers and of the public in the naming of newly discovered worlds, which, in many respects, puts our own little planet in perspective," said Piero Benvenuti, IAU General Secretary, in a statement . (iflscience.com)
• Other civilizations also typically gave the planet names based on its color - for example, the Egyptians named it "Her Desher," meaning "the red one," while ancient Chinese astronomers dubbed it "the fire star. (space.com)

Comet2

• A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is neither a planet nor exclusively classified as a comet . (wn.com)
• Minor planets seen releasing gas may be dually classified as a comet. (wn.com)

Lightcurve1

• A list of lightcurve parameters for minor planets . (minorplanetcenter.net)

White dwarf6

• Here we report the observation of a giant planet candidate transiting the white dwarf WD 1856+534 (TIC 267574918) every 1.4 days. (nature.com)
• We observed and modelled the periodic dimming of the white dwarf caused by the planet candidate passing in front of the star in its orbit. (nature.com)
• A planet enters the last phase of its death spiral into the white dwarf it has been orbiting. (astronomy.com)
• For nearly a decade, scientists have probed the composition of planets as the worlds are shredded and consumed by white dwarf stars. (astronomy.com)
• ii) Even for this choice, in almost every instance, the planet is ejected during the transition between the giant branch and white dwarf phases of HD 131399A. (lu.se)
• This result provides an example of both how the free-floating planet population may be enhanced by similar systems and how instability can manifest in the polluted white dwarf progenitor population. (lu.se)

Center7

• The data is sourced from the Minor Planet Center (MPC) and expanded with data from the JPL SBDB (mean-diameter), Johnston's archive (sub-classification) and others (see detailed field descriptions below). (wikipedia.org)
• International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center. (wikipedia.org)
• 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). (minorplanetcenter.net)
• The Minor Planet Center is funded by NASA. (minorplanetcenter.net)
• This research has made use of data and/or services provided by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center. (minorplanetcenter.net)
• The tables below contain a partial list of data files provided by the Minor Planet Center. (minorplanetcenter.net)
• Large-scale Homogeneous Orbit Fitting with the Minor Planet Center Databases using OrbFit. (harvard.edu)

Orbital Elements1

• Plots showing how the orbital elements of the minor planets are distributed. (minorplanetcenter.net)

Rocky1

• Mars is a terrestrial, or rocky, planet. (space.com)

Celestial1

• All of this gives for the first time the opportunity to assimilate the sacrificed celestial Nommo to a celestial body, whose destruction produced the birth of the planet Venus. (bibliotecapleyades.net)

Designation1

• After discovery, minor planets generally receive a provisional designation, e.g. 1989 AC, then a leading sequential number in parentheses, e.g. (4179) 1989 AC, turning it into a permanent designation (numbered minor planet). (wikipedia.org)

Numerical1

• The following is a list of numbered minor planets in ascending numerical order. (wikipedia.org)

Pluto3

• Awalnya diklaim oleh penemunya sebagai sebuah planet (namun status "planet katai" kemudian diterima), Eris sangat dingin, berbatu-batu dan lebih besar daripada Pluto . (wikipedia.org)
• Eris juga lebih besar dari Pluto , bekas planet terkecil yang ditemukan pada 1930 . (wikipedia.org)
• Kami mengharapkan ini tidak terlalu kontroversial, seperti orang mempercayai Pluto sebagai planet," katanya. (wikipedia.org)

19771

• 189004 Capys, discovered on 16 October 1977, is the only named minor planet among these five. (wikipedia.org)

Astronomer1

• This minor planet was named after Swiss mathematician, physicist and astronomer Leonhard Euler (1707-1783). (wikipedia.org)

Discovery2

• This is the only instance where the list of minor planets diverges from the Discovery Circumstances in the official MPC list. (wikipedia.org)
• We're very grateful to NASA for this discovery and we're honored that this planet is called after Mark Knopfler. (direstraitsblog.com)

NASA3

• This is an interesting thing because it is rare for Mark, and also interesting because NASA does not find some new planets every day. (direstraitsblog.com)
• This has been published on the official website of NASA , and if you want you can click HERE to read more about this planet. (direstraitsblog.com)
• We asked David C. Agle media relations at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California which handles missions on the Martian surface such as the Perseverance Rover some questions about the Red Planet. (space.com)

List8

• The list of minor planets consists of more than 600 partial lists, each containing 1000 minor planets grouped into 10 tables. (wikipedia.org)
• The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 577001 through 578000, inclusive. (wikipedia.org)
• The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 75001 through 76000, inclusive. (wikipedia.org)
• As a convenience for observers, we list the dates of last observation for unusual minor planets . (minorplanetcenter.net)
• A list of the closest approaches to the earth by minor planets. (minorplanetcenter.net)
• An alphabetical list of names of numbered minor planets is available. (minorplanetcenter.net)
• A list of minor planet appulses with deep sky objects is presented for astrophotographers and deep sky observers seeking a truly unique photograph or observation. (mpbulletin.org)
• To allow easier Identification and to keep the list short, only minor planets brighter than II.5 visual magnitude are considered. (mpbulletin.org)

20171

• Veras, D , Mustill, AJ & Gänsicke, BT 2017, ' The unstable fate of the planet orbiting the A star in the HD 131399 triple stellar system ', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 465, pp. 1499-1504. (lu.se)

Debris1

• The merger produces a debris disk that gave birth to the planet Halla. (mpg.de)

Earth7

• Like I said, so minor in the big scheme of things…hardly earth shattering. (roamthepla.net)
• That planet was then named after one of the best guitarists and musicians on our planet Earth. (direstraitsblog.com)
• Bonjour Planet Earth: Driver for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu gets 27 year sentence for raping minors. (blogspot.com)
• Somehow, Earth and Mars, and possibly even Venus, went from hot desert worlds to planets with vibrant oceans. (astronomy.com)
• While Venus and Mars lost their water again, the liquid remained on Earth, transforming it into a planet rich in life. (astronomy.com)
• So, researchers are unraveling the mystery of how water got to Earth, and they assume a similar process worked for planets around other stars. (astronomy.com)
• This means that although this desert planet is just half the diameter of Earth, it has the same amount of dry land. (space.com)

Moons2

• Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. (space.com)
• Other planets also have moons orbiting them. (lu.se)

International Astro2

• Minor Planet entities include a subset of the minor planets that have been issued an official number by the International Astronomical Union. (wolfram.com)
• The term planetoid has also been used, especially for larger (planetary) objects such as those the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has called dwarf planets since 2006. (wn.com)

Names3

• The names become even more confusing because the IAU still recognizes the use of the term minor planets. (universetoday.com)
• Approximately 15,000 minor planets have been given official names while the rest are numbered. (universetoday.com)
• It also includes other minor objects whose names have been recently accepted. (iflscience.com)

Survive1

• How could the planet survive in such close proximity to a red giant? (mpg.de)

Diameter1

• A table converting a minor planet's absolute magnitude to a diameter . (minorplanetcenter.net)

Mars8

• Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and is also known as the Red Planet. (space.com)
• Phenomenal dust storms can grow so large they engulf the entire planet, temperatures can get so cold that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere condenses directly into snow or frost, and marsquakes - a Mars version of an earthquake - regularly shake things up. (space.com)
• Why is Mars called the Red Planet? (space.com)
• What type of planet is Mars? (space.com)
• Mars is known as the "Red Planet" because it appears faintly reddish/orange when viewed in the night sky. (space.com)
• What do we know about Mars' past and was it ever like our planet? (space.com)
• We have confirmed the existence of past water on the Martian surface, that Mars was once a habitable planet, and that it once had a thicker atmosphere than it does today. (space.com)
• Although we know now that Mars was a habitable planet in the past, the biggest unanswered question about Mars is whether it actually hosted life. (space.com)

19th1

• The term minor planet has been used since the 19th century to describe these objects. (wn.com)

Inclusive1

• The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 ambitious global goals that aim to transform the future of our planet, create an inclusive society and a sustainable global economy. (lu.se)

Dust1

• [14] For example, cosmic dust can drive the mass loss when a star is nearing the end of its life , play a part in the early stages of star formation , and form planets . (wikipedia.org)

Thousands1

• Minor planets are extremely common with over 400,000 registered and thousands more found each month. (universetoday.com)