Tim Spahr, director of the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, warned that it was inevitable that minor asteroids would go unnoticed.

马萨诸塞州剑桥小行星中心主任蒂姆·斯帕尔警告说，小行星不被注意的事情很难避免。

How do I know that the Minor Planet Center has received my observations?

我如何知道小行星中心认可了我的观测数据？

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star.

我们只是一颗平常恒星的一颗小行星上的一种高等猴子。

After all, the minor planet was nothing but a rock . It could never equal the excitement aroused by a disagreement between two people.

小行星毕竟不过是块石头，远远不及人与人之间的针锋相对来得精采。

It is also used for the difference between the observed position of an object (minor planet or comet) and the position calculated from an orbit.

该术语也用于描述观测的某天体（小行星或彗星）的位置与轨道计算值之间的差别。