Description: “太阳系小天体”是国际天文学联合会于2006年定义的术语，用于描述围绕太阳运行但质量不足以被归类为行星或矮行星的天体。这些天体包括小行星、彗星、部分半人马小行星，以及一些海王星外天体。在历史上，许多非彗星类的太阳系小天体以及部分矮行星被称为小行星。小行星中心（MPC）是一个国际组织，负责收集小行星、彗星及其他小型天体的观测数据。太阳系小天体在被发现时会由MPC赋予临时编号，确认后会获得正式编号，并可能由发现者命名。目前，已发现的太阳系小。天体超过一百万颗，其中有超过2万颗被命名。预计未来10年内，由维拉·C·鲁宾天文台将发现另外500万颗小型太阳系天体。

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