List of Neptune-crossing minor planets
- List of Neptune-crossing minor planets
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A Neptune-crosser is a minor planet whose orbit crosses that of Neptune. The dwarf planet Pluto is the most massive example of this class of object. The known numbered Neptune-crossers (as of 2005) are:
Notes: ‡ outer-grazer † 134340 Pluto was known at this time but not numbered
Inner-grazer:
middle, top;
Outer-grazer:
middle, bottom;
Crosser:
right, bottom;
Co-orbital (
Neptune trojan):
right, top
See also
Categories:
- Distant minor planet groups and families
- Neptune
- Lists of minor planets
- Asteroid stubs
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