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| 724 | Hapag | This planet honors by the initials the “Hamburg-Amerika Paketfahrt Aktien-Gesellschaft”. The planet |
| 1372 | Haremari | The name jointly honors all the women on the staff of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut. It is comb |
| 1395 | Aribeda | This name is an abbreviation formed by the first letters of “Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Berlin- |
| 1625 | The NORC | This planet is named in honor of the Naval Ordnance Research Calculator at Dahlgren, Virginia. This |
| 1626 | Sadeya | Named in honor of the Sociedad Astronomica de España y America. (M 2277) Name communicated by J. F. |
| 1735 | ITA | Named in 1979 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Institute for Theoretic |
| 2252 | CERGA | Named for the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Geodynamiques et Astronomiques, which operates the 0. |
| 2495 | Noviomagum | Named in honor of the Astronomical Institute of the Nijmegen University, where many of the positions |
| 2848 | ASP | Named in honor of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific on the 100th anniversary of its founding, |
| 3056 | INAG | Named in honor of the French Institut National d’Astronomie et de Géophysique, at which the 0.9-m Sc |
| 3243 | Skytel | Named in honor of the golden anniversary of Sky and Telescope magazine, which for 50 years has chron |
| 3438 | Inarradas | Named for the Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia, founded in 1962, for its outstanding contribut |
| 3496 | Arieso | This Pallas-type object was the first to be discovered during the 1977 survey of High-Inclination Mi |
| 3654 | AAS | Named in honor of the American Astronomical Society, the professional society of American astronomer |
| 4113 | Rascana | Named to commemorate the centenary of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Incorporated in 1890 |
| 4162 | SAF | Named in honor of the Société Astronomique de France, founded in 1887 by Camille Flammarion {see pla |
| 4522 | Britastra | Named to commemorate the centenary of the founding of the British Astronomical Association. Intended |
| 4692 | SIMBAD | Named in recognition of all the staff members of the Centre de Données Astronomiques, situated at th |
| 4756 | Asaramas | Named in honor of the Asociación Argentina Amigos de la Astronomia, an amateur astronomical associat |
| 4932 | Texstapa | Named for the Texas Star Party on the occasion of its 18th anniversary in May 1996. The TSP is held |
| 5387 | Casleo | Casleo, the Complejo Astronómico El Leoncito, is the largest astronomical center in Argentina, locat |
| 5865 | Qualytemocrina | Named for the International Comet Quarterly, which serves as an international archive of phot |
| 6411 | Tamaga | Named for The Astronomer, a British magazine in which active amateur astronomers publish and discuss |
| 6525 | Ocastron | Named in recognition and appreciation of the Orange County Astronomers, a non-profit, public-service |
| 7213 | Conae | CONAE, the Argentinian National Committee for Space Activities, was established in 1991. It is the |
| 7573 | Basfifty | England's Birmingham Astronomical Society is currently celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. The So |
| 7626 | Iafe | The Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio was established in April 1971 as part of a restruct |
| 8721 | AMOS | Named for the Air Force Maui Optical Station (AMOS), the research and development arm of the Maui Sp |
| 8900 | AAVSO | One of the premier astronomical organizations, the American Association of Variable Star Observers ( |
| 8952 | ODAS | From Oct. 1996 to Mar. 1999 the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey operated the first and only quasiautomatic E |
| 9117 | Aude | Named in honor of the French “Association des Utilisateurs de Detecteurs Electroniques” (Electronic |
| 9665 | Inastronoviny | IAN, or Instantní astronomické noviny, is a Czech Internet Astronomical Newspaper foun |
| 9667 | Amastrinc | Amateur Astronomers, Inc., was founded in 1949 and incorporated in 1956. After 1961 the AAI moved to |
| 10234 | Sixtygarden | 60 Garden Street is the street address of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Observer |
| 13260 | Sabadell | The Agrupació Astronòmica de Sabadell celebrated its 40th anniversary on 2000 Apr. 14. It is the mo |
| 14674 | INAOE | The Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica (INAOE) is located in Tonantzitla, Puebl |
| 15150 | Salsa | The San Antonio League of Sidewalk Astronomers, is an astronomy club whose passionate members are de |
| 15397 | Ksoari | The KSO-ARI Minor Planet Surveys were conducted by F. Börngen (Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatorium, Tau |
| 16645 | Aldalara | ALDA, the Asociación Larense de Astronomía, is the association of amateur astronomers of Lara State, |
| 17493 | Wildcat | The University of Arizona (whose athletic symbol is a wildcat) has contributed to astronomy and plan |
| 18110 | HASI | This minor planet is named to honor the 44 members of the Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument t |
| 18368 | Flandrau | The Flandrau Science Center, opened in Nov. 1975, is surrounded by the huge astronomical infrastruct |
| 24162 | Askaci | Askaci is an abbreviation for the Astronomical Society of Kansas City, an amateur astronomy club tha |
| 24173 | SLAS | SLAS, the St. Louis Astronomical Society, has promoted the wonder and science of astronomy since 193 |
| 26612 | Sunsetastro | Founded in 1975, the Sunset Astronomical Society serves the Saginaw-Bay City-Midland tri-cities area |
| 29080 | Astrocourier | The Eurasian Astronomical Society, created in 1990, is an affiliated member of the European Astronom |
| 32776 | Nriag | The National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) in Helwan is the Egyptian center |
| 52422 | LPL | The University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory was founded in 1960. Its scientists purs |
| 56280 | Asemo | The Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri promotes interest, awareness and education in astronomy |
| 64296 | Hokoon | Ho Koon Nature Education cum Astronomical Center, established in 1995, was the first special school |
| 71001 | Natspasoc | The National Space Society (NSS), an international space advocacy non-profit organization, was estab |
| 73517 | Cranbrook | Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is an educational institution that was |
| 74625 | Tieproject | The Telescopes In Education (TIE) project makes it possible for many students around the world remot |
| 75836 | Warrenastro | The Warren Astronomical Society in suburban Detroit Michigan, is a long-lived, very active and well |
| 78577 | JPL | The NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is managed by the California Institute of Technology. JPL is t |
| 82346 | Hakos | Since 2001 the Hakos farm in Namibia has been the home of the first operational site of the Internat |
| 121232 | Zerin | ZERIN (Zentrum für Rieskrater- und Impaktforschung Nördlingen) is a a scientific institute for impac |
| 157473 | Emuno | M1 is a group of Spanish amateur astronomers, founded in 1990 by Diego Rodríguez, Francisco Pujol an |
| 159215 | Apan | The Associazione Provinciale Astrofili Novaresi, founded in 1968, is the amateur astronomical associ |
| 168358 | Casca | This minor planet is named in honor of the Canadian Astronomical Society, or Société Canadienne d´As |
| 175166 | Adirondack | The Adirondack Astronomy Retreat was designed to inspire observers to return to their astronomical r |
| 207901 | Tzecmaun | The Tzec Maun Foundation provides free access to remote-controlled telescopes. Pronounced “Teh-Zeck |
| 228029 | MANIAC | MANIAC was an early computer, based on the von Neumann architecture. Built at Los Alamos Scientific |
| 229777 | ENIAC | ENIAC was the first general-purpose electronic computer, a Turing-complete, digital computer capable |
| 234026 | Unioneastrofili | The Italian Amateur Astronomers Union (UAI) was founded in 1967, counts over 1000 members and releas |
| 239672 | SOFIA | The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is a joint German-US air-borne observat |
| 240871 | MOSS | The Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey or MOSS is an international amateur sky survey established in 2011 |
| 248750 | Asteroidday | Asteroid Day is an annual global movement that brings people from around the world together to learn |
| 264476 | Aepic | Aepic comes from “Amateurs Espace Pic”, a French association of amateur astronomers that popularizes |
| 293934 | MPIA | The Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy at Heidelberg, Germany, was founded in 1967. It focuses on p |
| 328563 | Mosplanetarium | Named for the Moscow planetarium, the oldest in Europe, which celebrated its 85th anniversary in 201 |
| 344000 | Astropolis | The Kiev Club Astropolis is the largest association of amateur astronomers in the Ukraine. It promo |
| 360762 | FRIPON | The Fireball Recovery and Inter Planetary Observation Network's (FRIPON) aim is to locate all the me |
| 365756 | ISON | The International Scientific Optical Network (ISON) is an international collaboration of optical obs |
| 377144 | Okietex | The Oklahoma City Astronomy Club, founded in 1958, has run the Okie-tex star party annually since 19 |