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328 inventions and discoveries
| Invention or discovery | Date | Inventor or discoverer | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 541982 Grendel | March 16, 2012 | Štefan Kürti | asteroid |
| 541992 Lukácsbéla | March 27, 2012 | Krisztián Sárneczky | asteroid |
| (576212) 2012 HL85 | April 27, 2012 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (576257) 2012 JD68 | May 14, 2012 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| Styx | June 26, 2012 | Mark Robert Showalter | moon of Pluto |
| 507490 Possum | October 9, 2012 | Catalina Sky Survey | asteroid |
| 551014 Gorman | October 18, 2012 | Krisztián Sárneczky | asteroid |
| (607225) 1999 XU265 | February 5, 2013 | Spacewatch | minor planet |
| 551390 Thomaskeßler | February 6, 2013 | Jost Jahn | asteroid |
| 517104 Redinger | March 8, 2013 | Pan-STARRS1 | asteroid |
| 542561 Ritajochen | March 12, 2013 | Jost Jahn | asteroid |
| (577627) 2013 HZ156 | April 17, 2013 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (554982) 2013 JV65 | May 5, 2013 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| 543018 ROTAT | September 2013 | Jost Jahn | asteroid |
| 543060 Liefke | September 5, 2013 | Jost Jahn | asteroid |
| 543198 Rastislavmráz | September 5, 2013 | Tibor Csörgei | asteroid |
| 577881 Pálinkáslibor | September 27, 2013 | Tibor Csörgei | asteroid |
| 555292 Bakels | October 31, 2013 | Krisztián Sárneczky | asteroid |
| 563716 Szinyeimersepál | October 31, 2013 | Štefan Kürti | asteroid |
| 578164 Rerrichbéla | December 2013 | Péter Székely | asteroid |
| 543302 Hamvasbéla | December 4, 2013 | Péter Székely | asteroid |
| Opening the tetraquark | 2014 | CERN | occurrence |
| CNEOS 2014-01-08 | January 8, 2014 | Avi Loeb | meteoroid |
| (533397) 2014 GZ53 | April 5, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (578833) 2014 GV53 | April 5, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (578835) 2014 GL54 | April 8, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | scattered disc |
| (578847) 2014 GJ65 | April 8, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (578992) 2014 JL80 | May 4, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (523710) 2014 JF80 | May 7, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (578997) 2014 JR92 | May 9, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (579062) 2014 KF113 | May 23, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (533676) 2014 LS28 | June 3, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (579077) 2014 LP28 | June 3, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| 543581 Laurenrubyjane | July 2, 2014 | Norman Falla | asteroid |
| (579246) 2014 OX415 | July 27, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (523733) 2014 PR70 | August 6, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (523734) 2014 QV441 | August 22, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| 562446 Pilinszky | September 30, 2014 | Péter Székely | asteroid |
| C/2014 UN₂₇₁ (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) | October 20, 2014 | Pedro H. Bernardinelli | non-periodic comet |
| 563318 ten Kate | October 27, 2014 | Krisztián Sárneczky | asteroid |
| 544618 Bugátpál | October 29, 2014 | Péter Székely | asteroid |
| (544977) 2014 WZ535 | November 23, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (523753) 2014 WV508 | November 26, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (523771) 2014 XP40 | December 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (523770) 2014 XO40 | December 10, 2014 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (673088) 2015 AL281 | January 14, 2015 | Pan-STARRS1 | asteroid |
| (581804) 2015 KN167 | May 24, 2015 | Outer Solar System Origins Survey | minor planet |
| (582301) 2015 RM306 | September 9, 2015 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| Utah monolith | 2016 | Utah Department of Public Safety | unidentified object |
| 2016 CP31 | February 7, 2016 | Catalina Sky Survey | asteroid |
| (523800) 2017 KZ31 | April 11, 2016 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| (583751) 2016 NZ90 | July 5, 2016 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| Aeolis Mons 001 | October 30, 2016 | Curiosity | iron meteorite |
| Aeolis Mons 002 | January 18, 2017 | Curiosity | iron meteorite |
| (523798) 2017 CX33 | February 2017 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| 2017 DB120 | February 25, 2017 | Pan-STARRS | near-Earth object |
| (584778) 2017 RG16 | August 6, 2017 | Pan-STARRS1 | minor planet |
| Iroungou cave | 2018 | Olivier Testa | cave |
| 2018 EC4 | March 10, 2018 | Mount Lemmon Survey | asteroid |
| 2018 FC4 | March 21, 2018 | Mount Lemmon Survey | asteroid |