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Brightest Minor Planets by Type

Brightness meaning absolute magnitude. Data from the Minor Planet Center.
Types defined purely by semi-major axis ranges.
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Near-Earth Objects
10.4
433 Eros
13.5
1747 Wright
13.8
1980 Tezcatlipoca
14.1
1951 Lick
14.1
3122 Florence
14.3
1685 Toro
14.4
1998 TU3
14.4
3200 Phaethon
14.4
21088 Chelyabinsk
14.5
4205 David Hughes
 
 
Centaurs
5.5
2060 Chiron
6.4
2014 NW65
6.6
10199 Chariklo
6.6
2013 TC146
6.7
2007 RW10
6.8
2015 XW379
6.8
2013 KY18
7.1
5145 Pholus
7.1
2005 RO43
7.1
2023 FQ61
Hungaria Asteroids
11.2
434 Hungaria
12.2
1103 Sequoia
12.3
3447 Burckhalter
12.4
2035 Stearns
12.5
1025 Riema
12.5
1453 Fennia
12.5
1866 Sisyphus
12.6
1139 Atami
12.6
4954 Eric
12.6
1727 Mette
 
 
Plutinos
-0.5
134340 Pluto
2.1
90482 Orcus
3.5
28978 Ixion
3.7
208996 Achlys
4.0
2003 VS2
4.3
2004 TY364
4.3
2017 OF69
4.3
2003 UZ413
4.4
2004 UX10
4.5
2004 PF115
Main-Belt Asteroids
3.2
4 Vesta
3.4
1 Ceres
4.1
2 Pallas
5.2
3 Juno
5.4
15 Eunomia
5.6
6 Hebe
5.6
10 Hygiea
5.7
7 Iris
5.9
532 Herculina
6.0
29 Amphitrite
 
 
Other KBOs
-0.2
136472 Makemake
0.1
136108 Haumea
2.4
50000 Quaoar
3.4
55565 Aya
3.5
2002 TX300
3.5
174567 Varda
3.6
307261 Máni
3.7
145452 Ritona
3.8
55637 Uni
3.8
20000 Varuna
Hildas
7.6
334 Chicago
7.7
153 Hilda
7.9
190 Ismene
8.4
361 Bononia
8.8
1269 Rollandia
9.1
748 Simeisa
9.1
1268 Libya
9.3
1902 Shaposhnikov
9.4
1180 Rita
9.5
1512 Oulu
 
 
Other TNOs
-1.2
136199 Eris
1.5
90377 Sedna
1.8
225088 Gonggong
3.1
532037 Chiminigagua
3.4
229762 G!kunǁ'homdima
3.5
2014 UZ224
3.5
2017 OF201
3.6
2021 DR15
3.7
2005 QU182
3.8
2010 JO179
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