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A Neptune-crosser is a
minor planet According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet. Before 2006, the IAU officially used the term ''mino ...
whose
orbit In celestial mechanics, an orbit is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as ...
crosses that of Neptune. The
dwarf planet A dwarf planet is a small planetary-mass object that is in direct orbit of the Sun, smaller than any of the eight classical planets but still a world in its own right. The prototypical dwarf planet is Pluto. The interest of dwarf planets to ...
Pluto Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest ...
is the most massive example of this class of object. The known numbered Neptune-crossers (as of 2005) are: ''Notes'': ‡ outer-grazer † 134340 Pluto was known at this time but not numbered *
5145 Pholus 5145 Pholus is an eccentric centaur in the outer Solar System, approximately in diameter, that crosses the orbit of both Saturn and Neptune. It was discovered on 9 January 1992 by American astronomer David Rabinowitz (uncredited) of UA's Space ...
* 7066 Nessus * 10370 Hylonome * (15788) 1993 SB * (15820) 1994 TB * (15875) 1996 TP66 * (19299) 1996 SZ4 * (20161) 1996 TR66 *
20461 Dioretsa 20461 Dioretsa is a centaur and damocloid on a retrograde, cometary-like orbit from the outer Solar System. It was discovered on 8 June 1999, by members of the LINEAR team at the Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico ...
* (26308) 1998 SM165 ‡ *
28978 Ixion 28978 Ixion (, provisional designation ) is a large trans-Neptunian object and a possible dwarf planet. It is located in the Kuiper belt, a region of icy objects orbiting beyond Neptune in the outer Solar System. Ixion is classified as a plut ...
‡ * (29981) 1999 TD10 * (32929) 1995 QY9 * (33128) 1998 BU48 * (33340) 1998 VG44 *
38628 Huya 38628 Huya ( ), provisional designation , is a binary trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt, a region of icy objects orbiting beyond Neptune in the outer Solar System. Huya is classified as a plutino, a dynamical class of trans-Nep ...
*
42355 Typhon 42355 Typhon (; '' prov. designation'': ), is a scattered disc object that was discovered on February 5, 2002, by the NEAT program. It measures 162±7 km in diameter, and is named after Typhon, a monster in Greek mythology. Typhon is the fi ...
* (44594) 1999 OX3 * (47932) 2000 GN171 *
52975 Cyllarus 52975 Cyllarus , '' prov. designation'': , is a very red centaur, approximately in diameter, orbiting the Sun in the outer Solar System. It was discovered on 12 October 1998, by American astronomer Nichole Danzl at the Kitt Peak National Observ ...
* (54520) 2000 PJ30 *
55576 Amycus 55576 Amycus is a centaur discovered on 8 April 2002 by the NEAT at Palomar. The minor planet was named for Amycus, a male centaur in Greek mythology. It came to perihelion in February 2003. Data from the Spitzer Space Telescope gave a diamet ...
* (55638) 2002 VE95 * (60608) 2000 EE173 * (65407) 2002 RP120 *
65489 Ceto 65489 Ceto, as a binary also (65489) Ceto/Phorcys, is a binary trans-Neptunian object (TNO) discovered on March 22, 2003, by Chad A. Trujillo and Michael Brown at Palomar. It is named after the sea goddess Ceto from Greek mythology. It came t ...
* (73480) 2002 PN34 * (78799) 2002 XW93 * (84719) 2002 VR128 * (87269) 2000 OO67 * (87555) 2000 QB243 * (88269) 2001 KF77 * (134340) Pluto †


See also

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List of centaurs (small Solar System bodies) The following is a list of centaurs, a group of non-resonant small Solar System bodies whose orbit around the Sun lie typically between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune (5 to 30  AU). Centaurs are minor planets with characteristics of comets, an ...
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List of Mercury-crossing minor planets A Mercury crosser is an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mercury. The Mercury crossers proper have aphelia outside Mercury's (0.4667 AU) and perihelia inside Mercury's (0.3075 AU), whereas those listed here as outer grazers have perihelia wit ...
* List of Venus-crossing minor planets *
List of Earth-crossing minor planets An Earth-crosser is a near-Earth asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Earth as observed from the ecliptic pole of Earth's orbit. The known numbered Earth-crossers are listed here. Those Earth-crossers whose semi-major axes are smaller than Ea ...
* List of Mars-crossing minor planets * List of Jupiter-crossing minor planets *
List of Saturn-crossing minor planets A Saturn-crosser is a minor planet whose orbit crosses that of Saturn. The known numbered Saturn-crossers (as of 2005) are listed below. There is only one inner-grazer (944 Hidalgo) and no outer-grazers or co-orbitals known; most if not all of the ...
* List of Uranus-crossing minor planets {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Neptune-Crossing Minor Planets Neptune Neptune-crossing Neptune-crossing
Minor planets According to the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is exclusively classified as neither a planet nor a comet. Before 2006, the IAU officially used the term ''mino ...