Distant minor planet

Types of distant minor planets
Cis-Neptunian objects Centaurs Neptune trojans Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs)^‡ Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) Classical KBOs (cubewanos) Resonant KBOs Plutinos (2:3 resonance) Scattered disc objects (SDOs) Resonant SDOs Detached objects Sednoids Oort cloud objects (OCOs)
^‡ Trans-Neptunian dwarf planets are called "plutoids"

The term distant minor planet is used by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center to refer collectively to those minor planets found in the outer Solar System that are not commonly thought of as "asteroids". Included are the populations centaurs, Neptune trojans, and trans-Neptunian objects.

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Designation Groups Moons Meanings of names Pronunciation of names

Asteroids	Aten asteroid Asteroid belt Families Jupiter Trojans Near-Earth Spectral types

Distant minor planets	Centaurs Damocloids Neptune trojans Trans-Neptunian objects Detached Kuiper belt Oort cloud Scattered disc

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