Is there an asteroid with your name?

26,566 asteroids have official names. Look yours up.

Discovered on October 14

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Asteroids with a baby or pet name 2,999
Named after people, by first name 3,635
Largest named asteroids 300
Fastest-spinning named asteroids 300
Slowest-spinning named asteroids 300
Named asteroids whose orbits come closest to Earth's 300
Named potentially hazardous asteroids 52
Named near-Earth asteroids 183
Named asteroids farthest from the Sun 300
Named asteroids with the most elongated orbits 300
Named asteroids with the most tilted orbits 300
The first named asteroids ever discovered 300
Asteroids named after pets 4
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