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4,181 inventions and discoveries

Invention or discovery	Date	Inventor or discoverer	Type
Comet Pojmański	January 2, 2006	Grzegorz Pojmański	non-periodic comet
471301 Robertajmolson	January 30, 2006	Spacewatch	asteroid
291387 Katiebouman	February 2, 2006	Mount Lemmon Survey	asteroid
308680 McLennan	February 25, 2006	Andrew Lowe	asteroid
HD 187085 b	March 14, 2006	Geoffrey Marcy	exoplanet
331316 Cavedon	April 20, 2006	Vincenzo Silvano Casulli	asteroid
364166 Trebek	May 2006	James Whitney Young	asteroid
534299 Parazynski	May 7, 2006	Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer	asteroid
C/2006 M4	June 20, 2006	Michael Mattiazzo	hyperbolic comet
210030 Taoyuan	June 24, 2006	Quanzhi Ye	asteroid
327632 Ferrarini	July 24, 2006	Michel Ory	asteroid
526460 Ceciliakoocen	August 28, 2006	Lin Hongqin	asteroid
526492 Theaket	September 14, 2006	—	asteroid
374715 Dimpourbaix	September 19, 2006	Thierry Pauwels	asteroid
299777 Tanyastreeter	September 21, 2006	Vincenzo Silvano Casulli	asteroid
255P/Levy	October 2, 2006	David H. Levy	periodic comet
456378 Akashikaikyo	October 18, 2006	Vincenzo Silvano Casulli	asteroid
(256124) 2006 UK337	October 20, 2006	Mount Lemmon Survey	minor planet
388370 Paulblu	October 20, 2006	Jean-Claude Merlin	asteroid
351976 Borromini	October 23, 2006	Vincenzo Silvano Casulli	asteroid
378076 Campani	October 23, 2006	Vincenzo Silvano Casulli	asteroid
352017 Juvarra	November 12, 2006	Vincenzo Silvano Casulli	asteroid
461981 Chuyouhua	November 12, 2006	Lin Hongqin	asteroid
570814 Nauru	November 18, 2006	Jean-Claude Merlin	asteroid
293131 Meteora	December 15, 2006	Vincenzo Silvano Casulli	asteroid
233488 Cosandey	December 16, 2006	Michel Ory	asteroid
385980 Emiliosegrè	January 9, 2007	Vincenzo Silvano Casulli	asteroid
447682 Rambaldi	January 15, 2007	Vincenzo Silvano Casulli	asteroid
428259 Laphil	February 5, 2007	Lin Hongqin	asteroid
Laligurans	March 5, 2007	High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher	exoplanet
320065 Erbaghjolu	March 11, 2007	Michel Ory	asteroid
345762 Jacquescoeur	March 13, 2007	Bernard Christophe	asteroid
435127 Virtelpro	March 14, 2007	Gianluca Masi	asteroid
C/2007 E2	March 15, 2007	Terry Lovejoy	non-periodic comet
327989 Howieglatter	April 10, 2007	Astronomical Research Observatory, Charleston	asteroid
Babylonia	April 10, 2007	Debra Fischer	exoplanet
229723 Marcoludwig	April 11, 2007	Wolfgang Ries	asteroid
535353 Antoniwilk	April 11, 2007	Catalina Sky Survey	asteroid
192208 Tzu Chi	May 11, 2007	Quanzhi Ye	asteroid
227997 NIGLAS	May 16, 2007	Purple Mountain Observatory	asteroid
378370 Orton	July 24, 2007	James Whitney Young	asteroid
542926 Manteca	August 4, 2007	Mizar Ferrando	asteroid
364566 Yurga	August 10, 2007	Vasily Rumyantsev	asteroid
383622 Luigivolta	August 11, 2007	Vincenzo Silvano Casulli	asteroid
345868 Halicarnassus	August 19, 2007	Vincenzo Silvano Casulli	asteroid
375067 Hewins	September 6, 2007	Michel Ory	asteroid
364577 Cachopito	September 7, 2007	Juan Lacruz	asteroid
435186 Jovellanos	September 7, 2007	Juan Lacruz	asteroid
241153 Omegagigia	September 8, 2007	Juan Lacruz	asteroid
394445 Unst	September 11, 2007	Michel Ory	asteroid
355276 Leclair	September 12, 2007	Bernard Christophe	asteroid
236851 Chenchikwan	September 15, 2007	Quanzhi Ye	asteroid
438523 Figalli	September 30, 2007	Astronomical Observatory of Farra d'Isonzo	asteroid
352273 Turrell	October 11, 2007	Lawrence H. Wasserman	asteroid
349237 Quaglietti	October 13, 2007	Vincenzo Silvano Casulli	asteroid
345972 Rufin	October 14, 2007	Bernard Christophe	asteroid
552385 Rochechouart	October 17, 2007	Jean-Claude Merlin	minor planet
366252 Evanmillsap	November 8, 2007	Catalina Sky Survey	asteroid
C/2007 W1	November 20, 2007	Andrea Boattini	non-periodic comet
HD 40307 b	2008	High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher	exoplanet