Description: “太陽系小天體”是國際天文學聯合會於2006年定義的術語，用於描述圍繞太陽運行但質量不足以被歸類為行星或矮行星的天體。這些天體包括小行星、彗星、部分半人馬小行星，以及一些海王星外天體。在歷史上，許多非彗星類的太陽系小天體以及部分矮行星被稱為小行星。小行星中心（MPC）是一個國際組織，負責收集小行星、彗星及其他小型天體的觀測數據。太陽系小天體在被髮現時會由MPC賦予臨時編號，確認後會獲得正式編號，並可能由發現者命名。目前，已發現的太陽系小。天體超過一百萬顆，其中有超過2萬顆被命名。預計未來10年內，由維拉·C·魯賓天文臺將發現另外500萬顆小型太陽系天體。

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