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This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). As of November 2021, the discovery of 607,011 numbered minor planets are credited to 1135 astronomers and 253 observatories, telescopes or surveys (see § Discovering dedicated institutions).
For how a discovery is made and a description of the tables below, see observations of small Solar System bodies and § Notes, respectively.
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