List of minor planets
500 ,001 501 ,001 502 ,001 503 ,001 504 ,001 505 ,001 506 ,001 507 ,001 508 ,001 509 ,001
510 ,001 511 ,001 512 ,001 513 ,001 514 ,001 515 ,001 516 ,001 517 ,001 518 ,001 519 ,001
520 ,001 521 ,001 522 ,001 523 ,001 524 ,001 525 ,001 526 ,001 527 ,001 528 ,001 529 ,001
530 ,001 531 ,001 532 ,001 533 ,001 534 ,001 535 ,001 536 ,001 537 ,001 538 ,001 539 ,001
540 ,001 541 ,001 542 ,001 543 ,001 544 ,001 545 ,001 546 ,001 547 ,001 548 ,001 549 ,001
550 ,001 551 ,001 552 ,001 553 ,001 554 ,001 555 ,001 556 ,001 557 ,001 558 ,001 559 ,001
560 ,001 561 ,001 562 ,001 563 ,001 564 ,001 565 ,001 566 ,001 567 ,001 568 ,001 569 ,001
570 ,001 571 ,001 572 ,001 573 ,001 574 ,001 575 ,001 576 ,001 577 ,001 578 ,001 579 ,001
580 ,001 581 ,001 582 ,001 583 ,001 584 ,001 585 ,001 586 ,001 587 ,001 588 ,001 589 ,001
590 ,001 591 ,001 592 ,001 593 ,001 594 ,001 595 ,001 596 ,001 597 ,001 598 ,001 599 ,001
Main index -- Numberings 500,001–600,000
The following is a list of numbered minor planets in numerical order. With the exception of comets, minor planets are all small bodies in the Solar System, including asteroids, distant objects and dwarf planets. The catalog consists of hundreds of pages, each containing 1000 minor planets. On behalf of the International Astronomical Union, the Minor Planet Center publishes thousands of newly numbered minor planets in its Minor Planet Circulars every year (see index). , there are 542,163 numbered minor planets (secured discoveries) out of a total of 853,561 observed bodies, with the remainder being unnumbered minor planets. The catalog's first object is , discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801, while its best-known entry is Pluto, listed as . The vast majority (97%) of minor planets are asteroids from the asteroid belt (the catalog uses a color code to indicate a body's dynamical classification). There are more than a thousand different minor-planet discoverers observing from a growing list of registered observatories. In terms of numbers, the most prolific discoverers are LINEAR, Spacewatch, MLS, NEAT and CSS. There are also 22,023 named minor planets mostly after people, places and figures from mythology and fiction. Approximately 96% of all numbered catalog entries remain unnamed. and are currently the lowest-numbered unnamed and highest-numbered named minor planets, respectively.