Provisional Designations
The total number of new-style designations assigned by the Minor Planet Center (and its predecessors) is 1066041. The following table lists the number of new-style minor-planet provisional designations assigned in each year, as well as the number of omitted and deleted designations and the number of designations identified with numbered minor planets, comets and natural satellites. Also given are the number of designations involved in unnumbered identifications (Unn.) and the number of designations that are principal designations (Prin.). Beyond these columns is a half-monthly breakdown of the yearly total of assigned designations. The data are complete through the latest batch of Minor Planet Circulars.This list was last updated on 2013 Apr. 27.
Year Total Removed Identified with Half-monthly breakdown
Omit Del # mps cmts sats Uun. Prin. A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y
2013 17898 22 1 468 0 0 2785 2451 3456 2045 5566 418 3192 567 2286 368 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 43759 141 6 1891 0 0 9337 11431 608 3820 1438 2462 440 2091 1015 2116 1673 1284 672 407 48 159 1108 1308 1094 1661 8087 4406 2813 899 3918 232
2011 53323 141 17 5933 1 0 9207 10738 1998 4060 2952 1312 2169 3954 2212 2580 801 1219 716 281 103 1499 391 2481 497 6907 440 10217 582 3868 107 1977
2010 75109 307 365 9578 3 0 11134 8017 3497 3282 6280 2305 4307 3042 4351 2858 4465 3241 3390 2901 2957 3185 2031 184 4616 1056 4714 2700 5511 1871 2219 146
2009 48785 113 12 12542 6 0 7042 9962 1280 4778 1655 3606 787 1968 163 2698 481 955 182 261 63 646 540 1635 1918 9175 1217 3914 2943 6641 634 645
2008 67710 187 13 22725 7 0 8927 14865 3460 1356 5409 2245 4241 3449 3673 1768 1031 1084 454 138 137 639 564 1216 3679 7768 4768 9293 2024 3549 1421 4344
2007 61878 156 17 24701 4 0 7534 11335 790 2566 2002 2948 5621 1268 1940 2462 1146 242 949 693 188 282 1272 452 8160 612 11345 3561 8403 1601 1498 1877
2006 77092 255 7 35033 12 0 8311 12498 2673 7124 1738 5465 1885 1390 1390 3867 2052 3633 202 384 31 952 1099 4695 3073 10358 3271 9046 4357 5160 1846 1401
2005 83219 330 43 43921 10 0 8232 11661 2076 1247 2037 91 8300 385 5716 265 4662 361 1354 1378 3156 800 732 4773 1309 7346 4941 13277 3420 5300 2967 7326
2004 58594 291 53 38727 13 0 5101 4998 676 4093 3273 2006 2907 4169 2227 1991 1413 488 797 222 848 394 2950 733 8930 1560 9270 284 3287 322 4821 933
2003 54743 338 43 38564 11 0 4144 4777 2373 2364 662 629 1596 3348 1437 1478 465 933 240 329 336 865 328 3007 695 10856 1493 10440 315 4885 1101 4568
2002 72235 386 95 57496 11 0 4163 5604 5263 816 7959 532 4108 1049 4777 466 3780 423 1622 193 2027 945 5050 3858 7347 1878 9686 1988 3712 796 3039 921
2001 75259 196 30 65118 11 0 2716 3162 1359 2090 1252 2796 697 6088 297 1717 281 1989 498 789 579 2850 1692 8385 3903 8910 6567 5802 3356 2606 6697 4059
2000 72690 97 31 67208 12 1 1621 1230 6459 1319 3759 2959 5218 1856 4702 2650 2362 2116 949 190 746 1749 817 6376 2700 9425 1874 2874 1638 4960 1391 3601
1999 49129 90 22 44822 12 5 1329 826 993 890 4005 244 385 2444 1600 332 3472 537 929 61 1636 145 228 95 6493 721 8422 1628 5794 693 6637 745
1998 32450 70 33 30708 7 5 565 317 299 1260 144 970 569 3742 329 3978 135 1730 113 1245 50 392 46 2800 2035 4435 968 1271 1432 1158 2502 847
1997 12293 32 0 11294 1 0 314 125 641 250 774 23 1506 132 1137 461 487 114 463 311 303 83 165 132 338 896 766 688 239 1472 366 546
1996 10316 31 2 8975 0 0 407 116 519 469 242 199 412 630 543 682 424 253 151 49 144 80 249 98 855 230 1743 152 1053 97 944 98
1995 10930 20 1 8596 0 0 696 223 130 431 279 357 244 541 252 143 56 152 34 216 40 469 38 431 38 2258 322 2098 486 1113 133 669
1994 6370 7 2 5773 0 2 189 59 436 150 523 24 246 29 302 45 249 5 267 1 333 4 1016 26 749 338 448 331 225 344 160 119
1993 7093 30 1 6681 1 0 100 28 22 401 60 99 24 2144 44 267 42 95 60 46 67 372 236 284 531 424 1226 257 214 24 87 67
1992 4914 22 9 4505 1 0 43 10 180 158 223 355 944 110 232 190 137 28 86 18 19 285 176 80 195 692 58 280 18 264 37 149
1991 5506 41 4 4980 2 0 22 12 124 121 171 72 239 182 376 133 188 85 186 2 248 56 824 13 1073 144 427 135 441 16 182 68
1990 4962 23 16 4388 1 0 5 3 32 162 25 247 282 146 42 188 55 100 7 55 0 156 14 501 466 764 418 374 413 416 56 43
1989 3420 28 1 3110 1 2 5 3 266 60 245 12 316 33 226 8 23 19 38 17 51 39 52 37 155 378 480 259 168 197 93 248
1988 2523 20 6 2213 1 2 5 3 147 144 199 140 78 95 77 27 73 44 24 9 35 22 131 42 370 126 135 51 362 13 152 27
1987 2782 20 2 2346 0 1 3 1 24 99 18 181 31 50 39 71 11 138 6 48 29 47 13 327 171 792 29 255 55 148 35 165
1986 2776 10 2 2233 4 3 2 1 79 0 65 2 149 6 79 33 49 19 50 2 35 21 179 153 454 83 485 119 246 282 149 37
1985 1821 13 1 1525 0 0 0 1 8 61 69 122 13 83 51 47 65 32 5 7 5 36 77 176 170 185 102 178 159 21 84 65
1984 1518 1 0 1351 1 1 1 0 40 197 41 87 59 62 32 70 69 33 17 22 5 14 9 50 13 217 4 140 1 142 5 189
1983 1622 30 0 1233 2 0 5 3 169 21 225 22 113 24 74 53 50 3 28 0 29 16 67 43 244 21 71 37 193 39 52 28
1982 2711 24 3 2285 1 0 1 1 15 394 5 185 9 108 10 86 128 115 4 22 3 38 46 106 92 337 90 310 331 15 126 136
1981 3807 10 6 3555 2 0 5 4 106 25 45 103 1245 39 47 5 173 45 13 6 43 18 22 126 196 235 118 755 78 236 65 63
1980 2117 2 2 1974 0 0 2 0 10 164 21 157 57 309 50 6 27 62 33 12 20 12 125 5 216 22 394 52 118 136 87 22
1979 2668 5 3 2419 0 0 2 0 3 76 2 29 13 111 20 175 12 42 0 247 5 427 12 259 40 384 71 129 90 215 51 255
1978 3229 5 3 2956 1 0 3 0 11 8 20 2 272 3 135 1 101 2 26 0 212 19 134 92 435 207 247 223 427 549 48 55
1977 2378 7 2 2117 2 0 5 0 77 27 85 290 231 91 31 37 29 54 45 1 19 26 64 143 515 95 215 140 67 0 92 4
1976 1910 10 4 1779 1 0 2 0 11 0 1 34 26 8 224 30 280 82 1 16 16 34 10 68 1 288 2 543 1 30 0 204
1975 1330 13 2 1224 1 1 0 0 30 48 11 5 162 26 41 13 16 0 36 1 48 0 20 17 66 55 184 30 265 54 187 15
1974 916 2 2 840 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 66 20 53 1 94 2 18 7 19 2 58 12 95 55 135 49 17 86 40 29 18
1973 868 21 0 768 1 0 0 0 125 5 13 20 17 62 36 1 4 5 3 1 1 1 2 57 8 174 26 157 22 14 0 114
1972 895 3 0 854 0 0 0 0 20 22 7 1 16 11 57 43 44 14 38 1 26 5 3 17 107 1 280 10 56 2 70 44
1971 814 14 0 720 1 0 0 0 2 106 7 58 1 35 12 25 4 30 7 11 4 50 1 91 4 110 87 118 30 3 5 13
1970 554 0 3 485 0 1 0 0 37 4 20 2 97 12 69 14 20 11 17 4 13 11 29 43 22 42 8 3 5 40 10 21
1969 728 1 1 657 0 0 0 0 33 8 2 11 56 15 4 7 20 10 10 13 2 35 28 23 68 5 207 73 88 0 10 0
1968 386 0 1 320 0 0 0 0 7 15 4 30 0 27 0 40 0 21 0 4 0 39 2 56 2 12 15 94 0 9 4 5
1967 238 0 1 165 1 0 0 0 5 0 14 3 40 1 38 2 24 7 2 1 7 0 10 0 35 6 16 22 2 0 3 0
1966 319 0 2 224 0 0 0 0 1 26 26 23 2 22 3 20 4 9 5 5 0 2 32 22 16 4 18 31 19 13 8 8
1965 255 0 0 225 0 0 0 0 40 4 9 6 1 2 5 2 11 0 2 5 1 10 4 7 1 25 3 64 11 24 3 15
1964 351 1 1 318 0 1 0 0 0 8 11 8 22 10 4 3 9 1 3 0 1 0 18 3 14 0 71 19 78 39 15 14
1963 194 0 1 178 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 11 6 5 0 12 1 7 2 1 5 6 10 30 36 21 15 6 1 4
1962 329 4 1 312 0 0 0 0 6 7 32 4 8 1 7 10 24 3 1 2 2 4 18 13 15 19 15 10 10 64 47 7
1961 257 4 0 206 0 0 0 0 16 5 32 14 9 6 11 1 10 2 3 1 0 2 6 1 3 0 52 20 29 7 26 1
1960 168 0 1 121 1 0 4 2 0 6 3 6 7 11 2 5 1 3 1 5 0 9 2 6 2 34 3 11 11 35 4 1
1959 291 0 2 262 0 0 0 0 4 0 33 0 32 1 28 0 20 0 14 1 19 7 9 4 33 18 23 17 12 6 10 0
1958 274 0 3 257 0 0 0 0 10 12 2 37 0 14 24 13 3 1 3 0 0 4 6 5 17 1 43 16 31 3 29 0
1957 418 0 4 289 0 0 0 0 11 38 7 8 15 9 4 28 31 20 17 12 5 32 2 17 0 13 14 41 3 59 6 26
1956 302 0 1 173 0 0 0 0 34 2 6 4 43 1 23 3 7 5 6 0 6 1 11 2 24 10 30 19 16 6 25 18
1955 599 0 8 409 0 0 0 0 2 35 7 24 17 59 6 28 0 16 4 36 3 12 3 50 40 80 29 50 35 12 38 13
1954 561 1 1 373 1 0 1 0 17 9 19 8 29 7 17 13 23 18 12 24 28 24 20 30 28 43 37 88 0 34 16 17
1953 739 0 3 531 0 0 1 0 18 6 20 10 59 51 58 3 19 6 10 2 15 18 39 22 62 18 101 35 102 2 50 13
1952 653 0 4 525 0 0 0 0 0 64 4 93 2 41 1 112 16 39 6 22 2 35 10 38 23 47 12 53 12 10 1 10
1951 736 0 0 624 0 0 0 0 52 4 60 11 77 4 39 3 29 29 26 15 17 12 19 15 54 24 24 27 10 74 38 73
1950 678 2 7 525 1 2 0 0 7 49 24 41 24 21 7 40 22 12 38 9 44 17 29 35 43 23 120 14 17 8 30 4
1949 563 1 26 456 0 0 0 0 4 20 17 11 10 44 20 44 11 32 0 24 3 43 25 67 3 48 10 39 1 41 14 32
1948 412 1 21 289 0 0 0 0 11 7 7 5 36 5 13 3 18 9 12 11 10 10 37 20 45 10 64 14 20 19 18 8
1947 170 0 4 111 0 0 0 0 3 15 8 3 3 14 10 7 2 9 18 1 11 8 2 9 10 5 5 11 3 4 9 0
1946 104 2 9 61 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 5 11 0 7 0 15 5 19 0 7 0 3
1945 74 0 24 39 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 5 1 6 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 8 16 1 6 4 9 4 1 0
1944 81 0 9 60 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 15 0 5 0 3 0 5 1 6 0 9 0 13 11 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
1943 180 0 11 129 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 14 35 7 29 0 2 0 3 7 0 9 6 7 3 7 15 9 11 3 3 5
1942 305 1 16 227 1 0 0 0 7 13 12 13 41 20 30 12 12 4 11 0 3 5 12 5 36 0 11 1 28 1 25 3
1941 291 0 27 191 1 0 0 0 1 27 9 17 3 38 0 19 3 7 0 8 0 6 0 7 1 68 0 27 4 33 5 8
1940 257 0 13 155 1 0 0 0 19 5 16 1 19 7 33 4 5 2 16 1 6 2 7 14 28 9 15 6 0 17 6 19
1939 292 0 11 193 2 1 0 0 3 23 34 14 14 26 22 11 6 8 9 2 4 1 16 6 17 8 16 20 15 1 12 4
1938 376 0 8 279 0 0 0 0 9 14 20 69 35 19 13 7 4 5 2 6 1 8 3 16 6 41 5 46 3 22 8 14
1937 279 0 2 196 0 0 0 0 30 10 14 1 7 3 16 0 17 8 20 0 27 3 10 8 21 1 21 11 18 18 4 11
1936 331 1 2 250 0 0 0 0 5 7 5 17 2 53 3 15 2 16 10 11 8 16 18 42 18 16 11 14 10 12 9 11
1935 350 0 2 280 0 1 0 0 1 13 28 13 24 24 15 9 13 12 1 12 6 12 7 36 10 60 10 26 2 5 0 11
1934 313 0 2 249 0 0 0 0 10 3 40 2 9 20 24 9 15 3 16 0 32 4 28 3 33 6 14 3 25 2 11 1
1933 340 0 1 260 0 0 0 0 0 27 1 13 0 53 7 14 2 3 2 4 2 21 1 41 10 44 3 53 7 20 9 3
1932 243 0 2 163 0 0 0 0 7 17 38 5 33 8 3 19 5 9 3 3 10 3 10 1 15 6 3 4 5 16 0 20
1931 441 1 2 348 1 0 0 0 32 17 10 26 16 19 14 8 20 13 5 9 0 5 8 3 35 1 117 18 38 2 24 1
1930 348 0 5 251 0 1 0 0 8 11 1 29 6 26 13 19 4 21 2 19 1 14 4 25 5 33 3 34 11 12 21 26
1929 328 0 17 253 0 3 0 0 12 7 36 4 12 2 6 0 12 1 9 1 8 1 15 12 38 19 30 18 24 33 23 5
1928 190 0 6 135 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 35 0 20 1 11 3 5 1 0 2 3 5 16 25 19 12 6 4 5 8 1
1927 145 0 9 95 0 0 0 0 5 16 21 4 5 5 0 4 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 12 7 18 10 14 3 4 0 4
1926 152 0 4 90 0 0 0 0 12 1 6 0 8 11 31 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 8 6 19 4 15 1 11 3 8 2
1925 106 0 1 66 1 0 0 0 4 6 1 7 1 4 3 4 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 9 12 6 6 2 12 11 6 1
1924 105 0 7 66 0 1 0 0 2 10 4 3 16 2 6 1 3 3 2 1 6 4 3 1 7 4 4 1 1 11 5 5
1923 50 0 1 37 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 16 0 3 3 5 2 2 2
1922 37 0 1 20 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 5 2 0 2 3 3 0
1921 53 0 1 27 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 10 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 3 6 8 1 6 1 0
1920 32 0 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 6 9 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
1919 38 0 4 23 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 0 3 2 8 0 5 0 1 1 0
1918 41 0 2 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 6 0 1 2 0 3 1 1
1917 80 0 4 64 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 6 0 2 2 1 1 6 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 17 9 8 2 0 5 3
1916 94 0 2 74 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 5 0 5 7 3 1 5 2 2 4 7 3 4 1 3 0 17 1 11 0 6
1915 82 0 5 61 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 2 0 6 4 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 14 1 14 1 5 8 3 0
1914 55 0 2 29 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 5 10 5 6 6 1 6
1913 70 0 3 39 0 0 0 0 5 0 7 2 7 0 3 4 2 1 6 7 1 2 0 2 3 3 2 6 3 1 0 3
1912 73 0 3 40 0 0 0 0 5 4 3 1 2 2 6 8 4 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 3 0 5 0 15 2 2 2
1911 59 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 5 0 6 0 6 0 9 0 2 0 9 1 0 1 10 3 2 0 0
1910 39 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 2 1 10 1 3 1 2 1 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0
1909 64 0 2 57 0 0 0 0 3 13 1 10 2 0 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 4 2 1 1 1
1908 91 0 5 71 0 0 0 0 11 8 4 3 4 4 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 5 0 6 6 8 2 6 1 11
1907 92 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 8 2 22 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 1 9 6 17 2 3 0
1906 102 0 5 86 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 5 2 8 2 4 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 6 4 7 2 9 11 3 3 15
1905 61 0 1 56 0 0 0 0 3 3 9 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 16 8 2 1 1
1904 45 0 3 36 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 4 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 6 7 2 3 5 0 1 0
1903 38 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 6 1 7 3 1 1 0
1902 50 0 3 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 5 10 1 8 0 4
1901 29 0 2 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 1 8 0 2 0
1900 26 0 5 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 1 2 0 2
1899 45 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 3 5 1 9 6 10 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1898 9 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0
1897 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1896 7 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1895 9 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
1894 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1893 13 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1892 12 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1891 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
1890 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1887 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1881 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1880 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1878 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1874 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1873 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1869 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P-L 2368 0 1 2292 0 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2083 0 285 0 0 0 0
T-1 746 0 0 744 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 706 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T-2 1396 0 0 1374 0 0 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1396 0 0 0 0 0 0
T-3 1430 0 0 1387 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1413 0 0 0 0
Totals 1069625 3584 1206 609115 156 35 94032 114508 41029 47382 54280 34614 54104 47458 43053 35170 31566 22275 15059 10947 14992 18406 23111 46306 65026 96732 86944 91504 56318 51022 44735 37592
A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y
Designations can be deleted for a number of reasons (non-existence of reported
object, identity with star or galaxy, etc.). Omitted designations are
designations assigned and deleted before publication.
