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List of Jupiter-crossing minor planets

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A Jupiter-crosser is a minor planet whose orbit crosses that of Jupiter. Jupiter trojans can be inner grazers (105), outer grazers (52), co-orbitals (183), and crossers (537; all counts as of 2004). Discounting them, there is one numbered, 7 non-numbered, and 19 cometary outer-grazers as of 2012. For the Jupiter trojans, see List of Jupiter trojans (Greek camp) and List of Jupiter trojans (Trojan camp).

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Inner grazers

The following is a list of named asteroids that are not Jupiter trojans with a<4.950429, 4.950429<Q<5.458104.

Outer grazers Similar to inner grazers, these orbit with a semi-major axis greater than Jupiter, but still have a perihelion distance within Jupiter's perihelion and aphelion, a>5.458104 and 4.950429<q<5.458104.

Jupiter crossers These are asteroids that cross the orbit of Jupiter in any sort of way, defined simply as having a perihelion less than that of Jupiter's perihelion, and an aphelion greater than Jupiter's aphelion.

Jupiter Crossers

The numbered Jupiter-crossers are (incomplete): Note: † denotes inner-grazer (aphelia outside Jupiter's perihelion and within its aphelion) (from )

944 Hidalgo 1941 Wild † 2483 Guinevere † 2959 Scholl † 3415 Danby † 3552 Don Quixote 4446 Carolyn † 5164 Mullo 5335 Damocles 5370 Taranis † (2:1 resonance) 6144 Kondojiro 8373 Stephengould † 8550 Hesiodos † 9767 Midsomer Norton † 10608 Mameta † (12307) 1991 UA † 12896 Geoffroy † (14569) 1998 QB32 † 15231 Ehdita † 15376 Marták † (15504) 1999 RG33 15783 Briancox † (17212) 2000 AV183 † (18916) 2000 OG44 20038 Arasaki † (20086) 1994 LW † 20461 Dioretsa (20630) 1999 TJ90 † 20898 Fountainhills 21804 Václavneumann † (21930) 1999 VP61 † (22070) 2000 AN106 † 22647 Levi-Strauss † (23174) 2000 HM40 † (26166) 1995 QN3 † (26929) 1997 CE18 † (30512) 2001 HO8 † (32460) 2000 SY92 † (32511) 2001 NX17 37117 Narcissus (37578) 1990 RY2 † (37590) 1991 RA14 † (38292) 1999 RA77 † (38709) 2000 QO90 † (39266) 2001 AT2 † (45739) 2000 HR25 † (47907) 2000 GT71 † (51284) 2000 KE9 † (51838) 2001 OC61 † (52007) 2002 EQ47 † (52016) 2002 NO18 † (52068) 2002 QX40 † (61042) 2000 KB61 † (65374) 2002 PP55 † (65389) 2002 RF12 † (65407) 2002 RP120 (67368) 2000 LH33 † (69566) 1998 BX † (73418) 2002 LK36 † (73457) 2002 NZ43 † (73769) 1994 PN12 † (78133) 2002 NQ13 † (78470) 2002 RM45 † (78809) 2003 OR22 † (79724) 1998 SC125 † 84011 Jean-Claude † (87704) 2000 SG23 † (92326) 2000 GS53 † (95952) 2003 QP12 † (96177) 1984 BC † 99862 Kenlevin † (394130) 2006 HY51 †

See also List of Mercury-crossing minor planets List of Venus-crossing minor planets List of Earth-crossing minor planets List of Mars-crossing minor planets List of Saturn-crossing minor planets List of Uranus-crossing minor planets List of Neptune-crossing minor planets

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A Jupiter-crosser is a minor planet whose orbit crosses that of Jupiter. Jupiter trojans can be inner grazers (105), outer grazers (52), co-orbitals (183), and crossers (537; all counts as of 2004).

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