List of minor planets: 270001–271000
The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 270001 through 271000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial lists is based on JPL's "Small-Body Orbital Elements"[1] and data available from the Minor Planet Center.[2][3] Critical list information is also provided by the MPC,[2][3] unless otherwise specified from Lowell Observatory.[4] A detailed description of the table's columns and additional sources are given on the main page including a complete list of every page in this series, and a statistical break-up on the dynamical classification of minor planets.
Also see the summary list of all named bodies in numerical and alphabetical order, and the corresponding naming citations for the number range of this particular list. New namings may only be added to this list after official publication, as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union.
Near-Earth obj. | MBA (inner) | MBA (outer) | Centaur |
Mars-crosser | MBA (middle) | Jupiter trojan | Trans-Neptunian obj. |
Unclassified | |||
270001–270100
Name | Provisional designation |
Discovery date | Discovery site | Discoverer(s) | MPC link |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
270001 | 2001 AH | January 1, 2001 | Kitt Peak | Spacewatch | MPC |
270002 | 2001 AT8 | January 2, 2001 | Socorro | LINEAR | MPC |
270012 | 2001 DG111 | February 19, 2001 | Anderson Mesa | LONEOS | MPC |
270019 | 2001 FA86 | March 26, 2001 | Cerro Tololo | Deep Lens Survey | MPC |
270027 | 2001 JS | May 10, 2001 | Ondřejov | L. Šarounová | MPC |
270035 | 2001 KF33 | May 22, 2001 | Bergisch Gladbach | W. Bickel | MPC |
270036 | 2001 KR41 | May 24, 2001 | Prescott | P. G. Comba | MPC |
270041 | 2001 LU7 | June 15, 2001 | Palomar | NEAT | MPC |
270059 | 2001 OA76 | July 27, 2001 | Haleakala | NEAT | MPC |
270067 | 2001 PU14 | August 14, 2001 | Ondřejov | P. Kušnirák | MPC |
270101–270200
Name | Provisional designation |
Discovery date | Discovery site | Discoverer(s) | MPC link |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
270115 | 2001 RR43 | September 10, 2001 | Desert Eagle | W. K. Y. Yeung | MPC |
270179 | 2001 SH263 | September 25, 2001 | Eskridge | G. Hug | MPC |
270196 | 2001 SK355 | September 18, 2001 | Apache Point | SDSS | MPC |
270201–270300
Name | Provisional designation |
Discovery date | Discovery site | Discoverer(s) | MPC link |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
270243 | 2001 UA18 | October 24, 2001 | Powell | Powell | MPC |
270301–270400
Name | Provisional designation |
Discovery date | Discovery site | Discoverer(s) | MPC link |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
270350 | 2001 YX4 | December 13, 2001 | Kingsnake | J. V. McClusky | MPC |
270373 William | 2002 AE3 | January 7, 2002 | Ibis | J. Edmonds | MPC |
270374 | 2002 AB12 | January 10, 2002 | Campo Imperatore | CINEOS | MPC |
270401–270500
Name | Provisional designation |
Discovery date | Discovery site | Discoverer(s) | MPC link |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
270440 | 2002 CJ117 | February 7, 2002 | Bohyunsan | Y.-B. Jeon, B.-C. Lee | MPC |
270472 Csörgei | 2002 CS316 | February 6, 2002 | Palomar | NEAT | MPC |
270477 | 2002 EK5 | March 8, 2002 | Ondřejov | P. Kušnirák, P. Pravec | MPC |
270500 | 2002 EY149 | March 19, 1993* | La Silla | UESAC | MPC |
270501–270600
Name | Provisional designation |
Discovery date | Discovery site | Discoverer(s) | MPC link |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
270519 | 2002 GN30 | April 7, 2002 | Cerro Tololo | M. W. Buie | MPC |
270553 Loureed | 2002 GG178 | April 12, 2002 | Palomar | M. Meyer | MPC |
270597 | 2002 NK29 | July 7, 2002 | Needville | Needville | MPC |
270601–270700
Name | Provisional designation |
Discovery date | Discovery site | Discoverer(s) | MPC link |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
270601 Frauenstein | 2002 NN57 | July 4, 2002 | Palomar | M. Meyer | MPC |
270627 | 2002 PE34 | August 7, 2002 | Reedy Creek | J. Broughton | MPC |
270651 | 2002 PX159 | August 8, 2002 | Palomar | S. F. Hönig | MPC |
270654 | 2002 PX165 | August 8, 2002 | Palomar | A. Lowe | MPC |
270670 | 2002 PT194 | July 18, 2007* | Mount Lemmon | Mount Lemmon Survey | MPC |
270675 | 2002 QB10 | August 19, 2002 | Kvistaberg | Uppsala-DLR Asteroid Survey | MPC |
270701–270800
Name | Provisional designation |
Discovery date | Discovery site | Discoverer(s) | MPC link |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
270797 | 2002 RF234 | September 14, 2002 | Palomar | R. Matson | MPC |
270801–270900
Name | Provisional designation |
Discovery date | Discovery site | Discoverer(s) | MPC link |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
270858 | 2002 TZ69 | October 11, 2002 | Dominion | J. L. Clem | MPC |
270901–271000
Name | Provisional designation |
Discovery date | Discovery site | Discoverer(s) | MPC link |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
270903 | 2002 TO303 | October 5, 2002 | Palomar | K. Černis | MPC |
270920 | 2002 UT | October 25, 2002 | Wrightwood | J. W. Young | MPC |
270941 | 2002 VR5 | November 2, 2002 | La Palma | La Palma | MPC |
270980 | 2002 WJ11 | November 25, 2002 | Emerald Lane | L. Ball | MPC |
270994 | 2002 XV39 | December 9, 2002 | Uccle | T. Pauwels | MPC |
References
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (270001)-(275000) (IAU Minor Planet Center)
- ^ "Small-Body Orbital Elements: Numbered Asteroids, ELEMENTS.NUMBR (64 MB)". NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. July 2024.
- ^ a b "Data Available from the Minor Planet Center: Discovery circumstances of the numbered minor planets, NumberedMPs.txt (62 MB)". International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center. July 2024.
- ^ a b "Data Available from the Minor Planet Center: Orbits for all asteroids in the MPC database, MPCORB.DAT (139 MB)". International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center. July 2024.
- ^ "Critical Lists of Asteroids". Lowell Observatory. July 2024.