Group of minor planets |
Perihelion (minimal distance from to the Sun) |
Aphelion (maximal distance from the Sun) |
Number of known members |
Groups of Aten (a < 1 AU) and Apollo (a > 1 AU) |
Closer than Earth |
Farther than Earth, but closer than Jupiter |
170 and 1011 |
Group of Amur |
Not closer than Earth and not farther 1.3 AU |
Closer than Jupiter |
979 |
Group of Eureka |
Near Mars |
Near Mars |
6 |
The main belt (group of Ceres) |
Farther than Mars |
Closer than Jupiter |
More than 50000 |
Trojans and Greeks |
Near Jupiter |
Near Jupiter |
1562 |
Group of Hidalgo |
Deeply inside the orbit of Jupiter |
Not closer than Jupiter and not farther than Saturn |
46 |
Centaurs |
Not closer than Jupiter |
Closer than cubewanos |
47 |
Group of Damocles |
Closer than Jupiter |
Farther than Saturn |
18 |
Pluto and plutinos |
Near Neptune |
Near cubewanos |
139 |
Cubewanos etc. (main Kuiper Belt) |
Farther than Neptune, near the aphelion of Pluto |
Farther than Neptune, near the aphelion of Pluto |
514 |
Scattered Disc Objects (SDOs) |
Farther than Jupiter |
Farther than cubewanos |
78 |