For each numbered minor planet, the Minor Planet Center (MPC) lists one or more discoverers who have been given credit for the discovery. Sometimes these are individuals (by modern rules there can be no more than three co-discoverers), and sometimes the credit is given to an organization (for instance, Purple Mountain Observatory). Also see List of minor planets and MPC's alphabetically and by number sorted discoverer lists.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
D
- Discoverers of asteroids (337 P)
M
Pages in category "Discoverers of minor planets"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 850 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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B
- Paolo Bacci
- Hannes Bachleitner
- Thomas J. Balonek
- Susan Banh
- Nigel P. Bannister
- Evelin Bányai
- Cesare Barbieri
- Fabio Barblan
- John C. Barentine
- Adam Barr (astronomer)
- Ewan Barr
- Sergio Barros
- Sandro Bartolini
- Maria A. Barucci
- James Bauer (astronomer)
- Ivo Baueršíma
- Johann M. Baur
- David E. Beatty
- Thomas G. Beatty
- D. Beaver
- Andrew C. Becker
- Jim Bedient
- E. S. Beeson
- Raoul Behrend
- Bruce Edward Behymer
- Federico Bellini
- Yuri A. Belyaev
- Zouhair Benkhaldoun
- Denis Bergeron
- Fabrizio Bernardi
- Laurent Bernasconi
- K. Berney
- Gary M. Bernstein
- Emanuel Bettelheim
- Francesco Biasci
- Jamie Biggs
- Harald Bill
- Gary W. Billings
- Kurt Birkle
- Mirel Bîrlan
- Peter Birtwhistle
- Manolo Blasco
- Laurent Blind
- Hermann Boehnhardt
- Michel Bœuf
- Andreas Boeker
- Tom Boles
- Dennis Borgman
- Josep Maria Bosch
- Grégoire Bourban
- Richard P. Boyle
- Joseph L. Brady
- Nigel Brady (astronomer)
- Steve Brady (astronomer)
- Vanja Brcic
- Jeffery A. Brown
- Timothy Brown (astronomer)
- Dan Bruton
- Jim Bruton
- Jacobus Albertus Bruwer
- Emil Buchar
- Christian Buil
- Todd Burdullis
- Geoffrey Burks
- Matthew R. Burleigh
- Joseph A. Burns
- Matthias Busch
- Philippe Buttani
- Eric Buttini
- Luca Buzzi
C
- Rodolfo Calanca
- R. Campbell (astronomer)
- Michael P. Candy
- Albino Carbognani
- Don W. Carona
- Alfredo Caronia
- Uri Carsenty
- James Len Casady
- Ferrán Casarramona
- Ricard Casas (astronomer)
- Flavio Castellani
- Victor Casula
- Peter De Cat
- Cyril Cavadore
- G. Cavalletti
- Anthony J. Cecce
- Vasco Cecchini
- Edvardas Černis
- Kazimieras Černis
- Mario R. Cesco
- Brian C. Chaboyer
- Marcus Tristan Chamberlin
- Man-Ti Chang
- Robin Chassagne
- Robert Chemin
- Tao Chen (astronomer)
- Dmitry Chestnov
- Eugene Chiang
- Jack B. Child
- K.-J. Choo
- Per Rex Christensen
- Bernard Christophe
- Joseph Churms
- Jacqueline Ciffréo
- James L. Clem
- Roy Clingan
- Seth M. Cohen
- Robert Francis Coker
- François Colas
- Simon Collander-Brown
- Matthew Collier (astronomer)
- Michael Collins (astronomer)
- Ermes Colombini
- Juan Pablo Colque
- Enrico Colzani
- Luca Conversi
- Greg Crawford
- Callie Crowder
- Alex Cruz (astronomer)
- Balázs Csák
- Tibor Csörgei
- Steve Cullen
- Leland Cunningham
- Karl F. J. Cwach
D
- Gergely Dálya
- Nichole M. Danzl
- Juliet C. Datson
- David Rowe (technologist)
- E.-M. David
- Donald R. Davis (astronomer)
- Richard G. Davis
- B. C. Dawson
- Matt Dawson (astronomer)
- Ignacio de la Cueva
- Fiore De Luise
- Ian dell'Antonio
- Joseph A. Dellinger
- Christophe Demeautis
- Alíz Derekas
- Alexander Deutsch
- Harlan Devore
- James A. DeYoung
- Mario Di Martino
- Wilhelm Dieckvoß
- Elizabeth R. Dillon
- William G. Dillon
- Alessandro Dimai
- Bojan Dintinjana
- David S. Dixon
- Jerzy Dobrzycki
- Fabio Dolfi
- Sauro Donati
- Alain Doressoundiram
- Eric Dose
- François Dossin
- Adam Draginda
- Luiz Duczmal
- A. Dunlap-Smith
- A. Dunn
- Philippe Dupouy
- Douglas Tybor Durig
- Chris F. Durman
- Wolfgang J. Duschl
- Gzregorz Duszanowicz
- Ron Dyvig