Percentage of named minor planets for each partial list's number range. Most named minor planets have numbers below 40,000. The lowest-numbered unnamed minor planet is currently
(4596) 1981 QB.
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5,000
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Total of named minor planets per partial list. The spikes are due to the partial lists's increasing number ranges (1, 10 and 50 thousand).