This is a list of all astronomers who are credited by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) with the discovery of one or several minor planets. A second table lists all institutional discoverers of minor planets such as observatories and surveys (see § Discovering dedicated institutions). As of June 2017, the MPC credits a total of 495,827 numbered minor planets to 1,009 astronomers and 233 dedicated institutions, respectively.For a detailed description of the table's content, see § Notes.The discovery table consist of the following fields: Wikipedia
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