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 (ICO/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 of centaurs, Neptune trojans, and trans-Neptunian objects. All distant objects have a semi-major axis (average distance from the Sun) greater than 6 AU, which is just beyond the planet Jupiter.

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Small Solar System bodies

Designation Groups List Moon Meanings of names
Asteroid	Aten asteroid Asteroid belt Family Jupiter trojan Near-Earth Spectral types
Distant minor planet	Centaur Damocloid Neptune trojan Trans-Neptunian object Detached Kuiper belt Oort cloud Scattered disc

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