List of minor planet discoverers


This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets., the discovery of 546,077 numbered minor planets are credited to 1041 astronomers and 245 observatories, telescopes or surveys .
For how a discovery is made and a description of the tables below, see observations of small Solar System bodies and , respectively.

Discovering astronomers

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Discovering dedicated institutions

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