This list includes all numbered trans-Neptunian objects with a semi-major axis greater than 30.1 astronomical units (AU), Neptune's average orbital distance from the Sun. The data is sourced from MPC's "List of Trans Neptunian Objects" and "List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects", completed with remarks and information from Johnston's Archive (diameter, class, binary, albedo, spectral taxonomy and B–R color index).[3][4][5]
There are more than 3,000 unnumbered trans-Neptunian objects, defined here as minor planets with a semi-major axis larger than 30.1 AU (Neptune's average orbital distance from the Sun). The data is sourced from MPC's "List of Trans Neptunian Objects" and "List Of Centaurs and Scattered-Disk Objects", completed with information from Johnston's Archive (diameter, class, binary status, etc.).[3][4][5] For the list of numbered TNOs, see § List.
4140 TNOs (a > 30.1 AU) from Johnston's archive grouped by orbital subclasses.[5]
Trans-Neptunian objects colorized by their orbital subclass and plotted in the orbital parameter space (eccentricity and inclination versus semi-major axis). The plot for the entire region contains 1418 objects including plutinos (#185), twotinos (#36), other resonant objects (#124), cubewanos (#420), inner (#40) and outer classical objects (#6), SDOs (#289), sednoids (#11), centaurs (#101) and other TNOs (#206).[5]
^The treatments vary and a few objects such as Sedna do not fit easily into any division. The literature is inconsistent in the use of the phrases "scattered disc" and "Kuiper belt". For some, they are distinct populations; for others, the scattered disk is part of the Kuiper belt, in which case the low-eccentricity population is called the "classical Kuiper belt". Authors may even switch between these two uses in a single publication.[2] This lists shows all minor planets with a semi-major axis larger than 30.1 AU, irrespective whether they are dynamically categorized as TNOs (resonant and classical), SDOs, centaurs or damocloids
References
^ abRemo, John L. (February 2007). Classifying Solid Planetary Bodies. AIP Conference Proceedings – New Trends in Astrodynamics and Applications III. Vol. 886. pp. 284–302. Bibcode:2007AIPC..886..284R. doi:10.1063/1.2710063.
^Weissman and Johnson, 2007, Encyclopedia of the solar system, footnote p. 584