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The 21st century

328 inventions and discoveries

Invention or discovery	Date	Inventor or discoverer	Type
283455 Philipkrider	March 22, 2001	—	asteroid
108096 Melvin	March 25, 2001	Marc Buie	asteroid
HD 141937 b	April 4, 2001	Stéphane Udry	substellar object
(51716) 2001 KF31	May 22, 2001	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	asteroid
(186024) 2001 QG207	August 23, 2001	Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search	asteroid
C/2001 Q4	August 24, 2001	Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking	hyperbolic comet
(63777) 2001 RD1	September 7, 2001	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	asteroid
337700 Korpás	October 10, 2001	Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking	asteroid
237693 Anakovacicek	October 14, 2001	Sloan Digital Sky Survey	asteroid
(286239) 2001 UR193	October 18, 2001	Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking	minor planet
HD 114729 b	2002	R. Paul Butler	exoplanet
37432 Piszkéstető	January 11, 2002	Krisztián Sárneczky	asteroid
483454 Hosszúkatinka	January 13, 2002	Krisztián Sárneczky	asteroid
344413 Campodeifiori	January 18, 2002	Federico Bellini	asteroid
(195101) 2002 CY129	February 7, 2002	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	asteroid
(163249) 2002 GT	April 3, 2002	Spacewatch	near-Earth asteroid
2002 GB32	April 7, 2002	Marc Buie	asteroid
132524 APL	May 9, 2002	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	asteroid
270725 Evka	August 20, 2002	Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking	asteroid
232306 Bekuška	September 14, 2002	Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking	asteroid
338284 Hodál	October 9, 2002	Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking	asteroid
(338309) 2002 VR17	November 7, 2002	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	minor planet
541983 Matthiaspenselin	April 25, 2003	Pan-STARRS1	asteroid
474440 Nemesnagyágnes	July 5, 2003	Brigitta Sipőcz	asteroid
464745 Péterrózsa	September 5, 2003	Brigitta Sipőcz	asteroid
(427093) 2014 UN46	September 17, 2003	Spacewatch	asteroid
446957 Priellekornélia	September 19, 2003	Brigitta Sipőcz	asteroid
390743 Telkesmária	September 20, 2003	Brigitta Sipőcz	asteroid
399565 Dévényanna	September 20, 2003	Brigitta Sipőcz	asteroid
413233 Várkonyiágnes	September 20, 2003	Brigitta Sipőcz	asteroid
524638 Kaffkamargit	September 21, 2003	Brigitta Sipőcz	asteroid
247821 Coignet	September 22, 2003	Thierry Pauwels	asteroid
287829 Juancarlos	September 23, 2003	Alfredo Sota	asteroid
191494 Berndkoch	October 16, 2003	Axel Martin	asteroid
90414 Karpov	December 19, 2003	Rafael Ferrando	asteroid
Cha 110913-773444	2004	Kevin Luhman	low-mass star
450P/LONEOS	January 13, 2004	Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search	centaur
144633 Georgecarroll	March 21, 2004	Stony Ridge Observatory	asteroid
C/2004 F4 (Bradfield)	March 23, 2004	William A. Bradfield	non-periodic comet
Yamatosaurus	May 2004	—	fossil taxon
313892 Furnish	May 8, 2004	James Whitney Young	asteroid
416583 Jacereece	May 8, 2004	James Whitney Young	asteroid
347266 Carrière	June 13, 2004	Bernard Christophe	asteroid
288615 Tempesti	July 11, 2004	Vincenzo Silvano Casulli	asteroid
311119 Pacner	August 8, 2004	Kleť Observatory	asteroid
362420 Rolandgarros	August 14, 2004	Bernard Christophe	asteroid
Comet Machholz	August 27, 2004	Donald Machholz	non-periodic comet
382900 Rendelmann	September 6, 2004	Wolfgang Ries	asteroid
188534 Mauna Kea	September 15, 2004	Jim Bedient	asteroid
157421 Carolpercy	October 8, 2004	David H. Levy	asteroid
226858 Ivanpuluj	October 8, 2004	Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory	asteroid
289116 Zurbuchen	October 11, 2004	Marc Buie	asteroid
(161538) 2004 VP26	November 4, 2004	Catalina Sky Survey	asteroid
546843 Xuzhijian	December 2, 2004	Jin Zhangwei	asteroid
189261 Hiroo	December 11, 2004	Kōichi Itagaki	asteroid
144907 Whitehorne	December 16, 2004	David H. Levy	asteroid
HD 101930 b	February 14, 2005	High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher	exoplanet
547666 Morgon	March 3, 2005	Jean-Claude Merlin	asteroid
461650 Paisdezső	April 3, 2005	Krisztián Sárneczky	asteroid
189264 Gerardjeong	April 10, 2005	Mount Lemmon Survey	asteroid