List of named minor planets (alphabetical)

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The naming of the minor planets is usually done by the person who discovered the planet. New names of planets are chosen by the discoverer and approved by the Working Group Small Body Nomenclature (WGSBN) of the International Astronomical Union. The names are published in the WGSBN Bulletin.[1] Over the last four decades, the list has grown very large. An average of 492 new planets' names are being added every year (or 1.35 namings per day). In March 1979,[2] only 1924 minor planets had gotten a name and completed the designation process. As of 28 February 2022, the list has 23,081 objects that have been named.[1][3]

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Below are links to lists of every minor planet that has a name. These lists are in alphabetical order.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "WGSBN Bulletin Archive". Working Group Small Body Nomenclature. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. Pilcher, Frederick (December 1979). "An Updated Alphabetical List of Names of Minor Planets". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 7: 11–15. Bibcode:1979MPBu....7...11P. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  3. "Minor Planet Names: Alphabetical List". Minor Planet Center. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.