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| 20 | Massalia | Independently discovered 1852 Sept. 20 by J. Chacornac at Marseilles. This is the Greek name of the |
| 21 | Lutetia | This planet is named for the city of Paris by its Latin name. The discoverer was a German painter li |
| 25 | Phocaea | Named after a maritime town of Ionia in Asia Minor with colonies in Italy, Spain, and France. Beset |
| 51 | Nemausa | The planet was named “in memory and honor of the city and the fountain of the god Nemausus”. Nemausu |
| 137 | Meliboea | Named for a daughter of Oceanus. Meliboea married Pelasgus by whom she bore Lycaon {see planet (479 |
| 138 | Tolosa | Named for the city where this planet was discovered. Tolosa is the Latin name for Toulouse. It becam |
| 142 | Polana | Named for the city of discovery, located on the northern Adriatic sea. Since Palisa’s days Pola has |
| 213 | Lilaea | Named for one of the Naiads. The Naiads are water nymphs, female beings granted very long life but s |
| 231 | Vindobona | Named for Vienna, the place of discovery. Vindobona is the Latin name of Vienna. (H 28) Named (BAJ C |
| 251 | Sophia | Named in honor of Sophie von Seeliger, née Stoeltzel, wife of the German astronomer Hugo von Seelige |
| 255 | Oppavia | Named for the city of Troppau in northern Silesia {see planet 257)}, Austria, where the discoverer w |
| 263 | Dresda | The planet is named to honor the German city of Dresden {see also planet (3053)}. (H 31; A. Schnell |
| 290 | Bruna | Named by Hofrath August Biela for his home town Brünn, now Brno, Czechoslovakia {see also planet (2 |
| 324 | Bamberga | “Der Planet ... hat bei Gelegenheit der Astronomen-versammlung in Bamberg den Namen Bamberga erhalte |
| 325 | Heidelberga | Named for the famous German city on the Neckar {see planet (1223)} river. This planet was discovere |
| 334 | Chicago | Named by the discoverer at an astronomical congress in Chicago to honor this great city. (AN 134, 16 |
| 358 | Apollonia | The planet was probably named for a “ville ancienne de l’Illyrie, à l’embouchure de l’Aoüs, réputéee |
| 361 | Bononia | This is the Latin name for the city of Bologna {see planet (2601)} in north central Italy and of Bo |
| 362 | Havnia | This planet is probably named for the city of Copenhagen, capital of Denmark. The Latin name is Hafn |
| 363 | Padua | Named after the city of Padova near Venice, Italy. (H 40) See also the remarks to planet (356). |
| 365 | Corduba | This planet is possibly named for the city of Córdoba, Spain on the Guadalquivir river. Corduba is t |
| 378 | Holmia | This is the ancient name of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. (H 41) See also the remarks to planet |
| 384 | Burdigala | Named in honor of the city of the discovery of this planet. Burdigala is the Latin name of Bordeaux. |
| 386 | Siegena | Named for the city of Siegen in Westphalia, Germany, home town of Prof. Kreutz, by whom it was named |
| 397 | Vienna | The most probable explanation was given by M.-A. Combes: “Nommée probablement en l’honneur de la vil |
| 422 | Berolina | This is the Latin name of the city of Berlin, Germany, where this planet was discovered. (H 46) |
| 426 | Hippo | Named for the ancient city in northern Africa and chief town of Numidia (also Hippo Regius). (H 46) |
| 428 | Monachia | This is the Latin name of the discovery city of Munich, the capital of the German country of Bavaria |
| 449 | Hamburga | Named by A. Schwassmann, Seewarte Hamburg, to honor the city of Hamburg, Germany, during the annual |
| 455 | Bruchsalia | Named for the city of Bruchsal in southwestern Germany, the native city of Secretary Nokk, who promo |
| 470 | Kilia | Named for the city of Kiel in northern Germany. Kilia is the Latin form. (H 51) Named by Dr. J. Möll |
| 472 | Roma | Named for the capital city of Italy, the native country of the discoverer. (AN 158, 255 (1902)) Name |
| 478 | Tergeste | This is the ancient name of Trieste, the city at the northeast of the Adriatic sea. Luigi Carnera (1 |
| 484 | Pittsburghia | Named for the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home of John A. Brashear, who figured the lenses of |
| 485 | Genua | Named for the city of Genova, Italy. Genua is the ancient name. (H 52; AN 168, 307 (1905)) Name sugg |
| 486 | Cremona | Named after the city in northern Italy in Lombardy on the Po. (H 52; AN 168, 307 (1905)) Name sugges |
| 487 | Venetia | Named for the area in northeast Italy and northwest Yugoslavia including the territory between lower |
| 498 | Tokio | Named for the capital of Japan. An earlier planet discovered 1900 March 6 by S. Hirayama in Tokio fo |
| 512 | Taurinensis | This is the ancient name of the city of Turin, Italy. (H 55) The planet was named (AN 167, 239 (1905 |
| 516 | Amherstia | Named in honor of the discoverer’s Alma Mater, the Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. (H 55) |
| 521 | Brixia | This is the Latin name of Brescia, Italy, the native town of Prof. E. Bianchi, who computed the orbi |
| 526 | Jena | Named for the city of Jena in eastern Germany at the occasion of the September 1906 meeting of the A |
| 554 | Peraga | Named for a village between Padua and Venice. (H 59) Named (AN 168, 141 (1905)) with permission of t |
| 565 | Marbachia | Named for the town Marbach in southwest Germany, the native city of the German poet Friedrich Schill |
| 581 | Tauntonia | Named after the city in southeast Massachusetts and place of the discovery. (H 61) Named (AN 172, 39 |
| 605 | Juvisia | Named for the city of Juvisy-sur-Orge in the department of Essonne, near Paris, France, where the Fr |
| 619 | Triberga | Named for the small town of Triberg, near the city of Villingen, in the Black Forest in Germany beca |
| 638 | Moira | Named for the Greek goddess of fate. Hesiod mentioned three goddesses of fate, daughters of Zeus, Kl |
| 662 | Newtonia | Named for the city of Newton, Massachusetts. (B. G. Marsden; AN 182, 332 (1909)) Named by Z. Daniel, |
| 690 | Wratislavia | Named for the (then German) city of Breslau in the province of Silesia {see planet (257)}. Wratisla |
| 704 | Interamnia | Ancient name of the city of Teramo where the discoverer was born and where this planet was discovere |
| 716 | Berkeley | This planet was named after the city of Berkeley, California, where Armin O. Leuschner (see planet |
| 717 | Wisibada | This is the Latin name of the city of Wiesbaden, the home of the discoverer. (H 72) The city of Wies |
| 721 | Tabora | This planet was named by M. F. Wolf after the ocean liner Tabora which was inspected by the particip |
| 737 | Arequipa | Named for the city in Peru where the Harvard Observatory had a southern observing station. (H 74) Se |
| 738 | Alagasta | Named after the first German name of the city of Gaualgesheim on the Rhine river from which the fami |
| 739 | Mandeville | Named for the city of Mandeville, Jamaica, where Edward C. Pickering {see planet (784)} observed. ( |
| 740 | Cantabia | This name is probably a contraction of Cantabridgia, the Latin form of Cambridge, Massachusetts, sit |
| 741 | Botolphia | Named for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The city derives its name from Saint Botolph who founde |
| 744 | Aguntina | Named for Aguntinum, a Roman town in the province of Noricum close to Lienz, the birthplace of the d |
| 747 | Winchester | Named by the discoverer for the city of Winchester, Massachusetts, where he made this discovery. (H |
| 753 | Tiflis | Named for the native city of the discoverer. Tiflis (or Tbilisi) is the capital city of Georgia on t |
| 754 | Malabar | Named in remembrance of the Dutch-German solar eclipse expedition to Christmas Island in 1922. Malab |
| 757 | Portlandia | Named for the city of Portland, Maine, where the discoverer was minister of a church at the time of |
| 758 | Mancunia | Named after the city of Manchester, England, the native city of the discoverer. Mancunia is the Lati |
| 764 | Gedania | Named by the discoverer after the Latin name of the free city of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland) in whic |
| 765 | Mattiaca | Named by the discoverer for his home town. Mattiacum was the Latin name for the city of Wiesbaden, G |
| 766 | Moguntia | Named by the discoverer in honor of the city of Mainz (Latin name Moguntia), Germany. He was active |
| 772 | Tanete | Named very probably after the city of Tanete on the southwest coast of Celebes, Indonesia. (R. Breme |
| 787 | Moskva | This planet was named for the city of Moscow, USSR. (H 79) |
| 790 | Pretoria | Named after the capital city of Transvaal {see planet (715)} in South Africa. (H 79) |
| 791 | Ani | Named for the ruined city in the Erivan district which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1319. Ani i |
| 809 | Lundia | Named for the city of Lund in southwestern Sweden and for the Lund Observatory. (H 80) |
| 811 | Nauheima | Named for the city of Bad Nauheim in Hessen, Germany. (H 80) |
| 850 | Altona | Named for the German city on the Elbe river near Hamburg. Altona is the home-town of W. Struve, foun |
| 863 | Benkoela | Named possibly for the city of Benkoelen on the island of Sumatra. (H 84) |
| 886 | Washingtonia | Independently discovered 1917 Nov. 12 by M. Harwood at Nantucket. Named in honor of George Washingto |
| 908 | Buda | Named for a part of the Hungarian city of Budapest on the Danube. (H 88) |
| 927 | Ratisbona | Named for the German city of Regensburg (Ratisbona is the Latin name). The famous astronomer Johanne |
| 945 | Barcelona | Named for the birthplace of the discoverer and the place were this minor planet was discovered. (H 9 |
| 1008 | La Paz | Named for the capital of Bolivia, South America. (H96) |
| 1029 | La Plata | |
| 1039 | Sonneberga | Named for the city of Sonneberg in Thüringen, Germany, location of the Sonneberg Observatory. (H 99) |
| 1048 | Feodosia | Named for the city Feodosija in the Crimea. (A. Paluzíe-Borrell) Named in accordance with a proposal |
| 1073 | Gellivara | Named for the small town Gällivare in Swedish Lapland where in the year 1927 astronomers from severa |
| 1090 | Sumida | Named for a river near Tokyo, Japan. (H 103) |
| 1106 | Cydonia | Named after a tree (English name quince) belonging to the apple family. (H 104) See also the remark |
| 1115 | Sabauda | Sabauda, or Sapauda, is the Latin name of the House of Savoy, the former rulers of Italy. The planet |
| 1133 | Lugduna | Lugdunum Batavorum is the Latin name for the city of Leiden, The Netherlands. (I. van Houten-Groenev |
| 1139 | Atami | Named after a harbor near Tokyo, Japan. (H 106) |
| 1145 | Robelmonte | Named for the city of Robelmont, Belgium, the birthplace of S. Arend {see planet (1502)}. Robelmont |
| 1147 | Stavropolis | Named by the discoverer for the city of Stavropol’ in northern Caucasus region. Between 1936 and 194 |
| 1159 | Granada | Named after the Spanish city and province in Andalusia in southern Spain. (H 108) |
| 1161 | Thessalia | Named for the region in eastern Greece between Pindus mountains and the Aegean Sea. (H 108) |
| 1185 | Nikko | Named for a popular city and tourist resort in Japan noted for its shrines. (H 110) |
| 1191 | Alfaterna | The ancient city founded by the Oschi about 1000 B.C. between Pompeii and Salerno. It is entombed be |
| 1198 | Atlantis | This planet is named for the legendary island which sank. Name proposed by G. Stracke. |
| 1238 | Predappia | Named after the small village of Predappio near Forli, Italy. Predappio was the birthplace of “il Du |
| 1244 | Deira | Named after the ancient name of the birthplace of the discoverer. (H 115) Jackson (see planet (2193 |
| 1254 | Erfordia | Named (RI 835) by J. Hartmann for the city of Erfurt, Germany, which was the birthplace of the disco |
| 1261 | Legia | Legia is the Latin name for the city of Liège (Luik), Belgium. (H 116) |
| 1263 | Varsavia | Varsavia is the Latin name for Warsaw, Poland. The citation reads: “zum Dank der Stadt Warschau für |
| 1276 | Ucclia | Named in honor of Uccle, both the city and the observatory, where this planet was discovered. (H 117 |
| 1289 | Kutaissi | Named for a city in the Georgian Republic. (H 118) |
| 1294 | Antwerpia | Named for the city of Antwerp, Belgium. (H 118) |
| 1304 | Arosa | Named for the small city in Switzerland. (H 119) |
| 1313 | Berna | Named for the capital of Switzerland. (H 120) Name proposed by S. Mauderli of the University of Bern |
| 1316 | Kasan | Named for the city on the Volga river east of Moscow and for the Kasan Observatory. (H 120) |
| 1326 | Losaka | Named for the capital of northern Rhodesia. Lusaka today is the capital of Zambia. (H 121) |
| 1346 | Gotha | Named for the city of Gotha in the district of Erfurt in Thüringen {see, respectively, planets (125 |
| 1352 | Wawel | Named for a castle of the ancient kings of Poland at Cracow. (H 123) Name proposed by T. Banachiewic |
| 1356 | Nyanza | Named for a region in southwestern Kenya with the capital Kisumu. (H 123) |
| 1359 | Prieska | Named for a village in the Cape Province, South Africa. (H 123) |
| 1360 | Tarka | Same as above {cf. citation for planet (1358){. His name is given to the South African town of Tark |
| 1367 | Nongoma | Named for the capital city of the Kwa-Zulu homeland. |
| 1373 | Cincinnati | Since most of the orbit computations for this planet have been provided by the staff of the Cincinna |
| 1383 | Limburgia | Named for the province of Limburg in southern Netherlands. (H 125) |
| 1397 | Umtata | Name of the capital town of the native province of the Transkei and seat of the native administratio |
| 1419 | Danzig | Named for the city (now Gdansk) and port on the Baltic sea. (H 128) The city of Danzig is also honor |
| 1428 | Mombasa | Name of the chief port in Kenya, East Africa, which has also ancient historical associations. (M 909 |
| 1431 | Luanda | Named for the capital city of Angola. |
| 1456 | Saldanha | Named for a newly-developed harbor on the southwest tip of South Africa. |
| 1457 | Ankara | Named for the Turkish capital. (H 131) Name proposed by W. Gleissberg. |
| 1469 | Linzia | Named after the city of Linz, Austria, on the Danube river. (H 132) Name proposed by A. Wersig (RI 2 |
| 1471 | Tornio | Named for a Finnish river and town at the northern end of the Gulf of Bothnia. (M 3928) |
| 1474 | Beira | Name of an important port in Mozambique. (M 909) |
| 1475 | Yalta | A resort city in Crimea; site of an important political conference during World War II. (M 838) |
| 1481 | Tubingia | Named for the German city of Tübingen on the Neckar river south of Stuttgart, where Kepler {see plan |
| 1495 | Helsinki | Named for the capital city of Finland. (M 3928) |
| 1496 | Turku | Named in honor of the city which in ancient times was the capital of Finland, is now the home of the |
| 1497 | Tampere | Named for the second largest city in Finland. (M 3928) |
| 1498 | Lahti | Named for a town in Finland. (M 3928) |
| 1499 | Pori | Named for an important Finnish town and port on the Gulf of Bothnia. (M 3928) |
| 1500 | Jyvaskyla | Named for a town in central Finland. (M 3928) |
| 1503 | Kuopio | Named for a town in central Finland. (M 3928) |
| 1504 | Lappeenranta | Named for a town in south-eastern Finland. (M 3928) |
| 1507 | Vaasa | Named for an important Finnish town and port on the Gulf of Bothnia. (M 3928) |
| 1508 | Kemi | Named for a Finnish river and town at the northern end of the Gulf of Bothnia. The four-letter name |
| 1512 | Oulu | Named in honor of the birthplace of the discoverer, a town in northern Finland. (M 2278) |
| 1517 | Beograd | Named by the discoverer in honor of his native city and the capital of his country. (M 2277) |
| 1518 | Rovaniemi | Named for a town in Finland, located nearly on the arctic circle. (M 3929) |
| 1519 | Kajaani | Named for a town in central Finland. (M 3929) |
| 1520 | Imatra | Named for a town in south-eastern Finland. (M 3929) |
| 1522 | Kokkola | Named for a Finnish town and port on the Gulf of Bothnia. (M 3929) |
| 1523 | Pieksamaki | Named for a town in central Finland. (M 3929) |
| 1524 | Joensuu | Named for the town in eastern Finland where the discoverer received his early schooling. (M 3929) |
| 1525 | Savonlinna | Named for a town in eastern Finland. (M 3929) |
| 1526 | Mikkeli | Named for a town in eastern Finland. (M 3929) |
| 1532 | Inari | One of the principal lakes of Finland. (M 3929) |
| 1533 | Saimaa | One of the principal lakes of Finland. (M 3929) |
| 1572 | Posnania | This planet is named in honor of the city and the observatory at which it was discovered. (M 877) |
| 1595 | Tanga | Named for a port on the eastern seaboard of Tanzania. |
| 1599 | Giomus | Named in honor of the birthplace of P. Pretre. This is the sixth-century name of the present town of |
| 1634 | Ndola | Named for the most important mining town in Zambia. |
| 1679 | Nevanlinna | Named in honor of Rolf H. Nevanlinna {1895–1980}, great Finnish mathematician, on the occasion of hi |
| 1717 | Arlon | Named for the principal town of the province of Belgian Luxembourg, situated on a hill above the hea |
| 1736 | Floirac | Named by the discoverer for the suburb in Bordeaux in which the observatory is located. (M 2883) |
| 1757 | Porvoo | Named for the second oldest (after Turku) town in Finland. At the Porvoo Diet in 1809 the Russian cz |
| 1758 | Naantali | Named for an idyllic small town near Turku, founded in the early fifteenth century around a convent |
| 1784 | Benguella | Named for the chief port of Angola. |
| 1786 | Raahe | Named for a Finnish town, founded by Per Brahe in 1649 on an ancient market place near Oulu. |
| 1796 | Riga | Named in honor of the capital of Latvia, site of the Astronomical Observatory of the Latvian State U |
| 1839 | Ragazza | The Italian word for girl. Also the name alludes to Bad Ragaz, a resort town with hot springs, in Sw |
| 1876 | Napolitania | Named in honor of the city of Naples, the birthplace of Mrs. Kowal. (M 3826) |
| 1882 | Rauma | Named for a Finnish town, famous for its seafaring and lace-making, that developed around a monaster |
| 1887 | Virton | Named for the capital of the Gaume (or Belgian Lorraine), very close to Robelmont {see planet (1145 |
| 1918 | Aiguillon | Named for the discoverer’s birthplace, a small town on the Garonne river. |
| 1935 | Lucerna | This and the following three minor planets are named for a Swiss lake and a city on its shores. (M 4 |
| 1936 | Lugano | See the citation for minor planet (1935). (M 4358) |
| 1937 | Locarno | See the citation for minor planet (1935). (M 4358) |
| 1938 | Lausanna | See the citation for minor planet (1935). (M 4358) |
| 1948 | Kampala | Named for the capital of Uganda. |
| 1949 | Messina | Named for a copper-mining town on the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. |
| 1956 | Artek | Named for an all-Union young pioneer’s camp in Crimea. (M 4190) |
| 2033 | Basilea | Named for the old city of Basel and the 50th anniversary of the Astronomical Institute at Basel Univ |
| 2045 | Peking | Named for the largest city in northern China and the capital of the People’s Republic of China today |
| 2046 | Leningrad | Named for one of the largest industrial, cultural and scientific centers of the U.S.S.R. |
| 2078 | Nanking | Named for the city on whose outskirts the Purple Mountain {see planet (3444)} Observatory is locate |
| 2080 | Jihlava | Named for a Moravian town, by the river of the same name. Founded in the 11th century, the community |
| 2104 | Toronto | This minor planet, the first to be found at a Canadian Observatory, is named in honor of the Univers |
| 2121 | Sevastopol | Named for this Crimean city on the 200th anniversary of its foundation. (M 7616) |
| 2140 | Kemerovo | Named for the regional center of the Kemerovo district of Russia, an important industrial center of |
| 2141 | Simferopol | Named for the central city of the Crimean district of the Ukrainian SSR on the occasion of its two-h |
| 2171 | Kiev | Named on the occasion of the 1500th anniversary of this city, the capital of the Ukraine and one of |
| 2172 | Plavsk | Named for the district center of the Tula region of the {former} R.S.F.S.R. Plavsk is the twin town |
| 2183 | Neufang | Named for a village in Thuringia where the discoverer lived and worked for many decades. The village |
| 2189 | Zaragoza | Named in memory of Aldo Zaragoza (1924-1979), a member of the staff of the Felix Aguilar Observatory |
| 2191 | Uppsala | Named for the ancient Swedish city and university. |
| 2192 | Pyatigoriya | Named on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the town Pyatigorsk, in the Caucasus. |
| 2194 | Arpola | Named for the discoverer’s summer cottage, located in the archipelago off Turku. A keen sailor, the |
| 2197 | Shanghai | Named for the largest city in China, one of the best known ports in the world, located at the mouth |
| 2199 | Klet | Named for the observatory at which this minor planet was discovered and for the mountain in southern |
| 2200 | Pasadena | Named for a suburb of Los Angeles, California. Prominent astronomical institutions in Pasadena are t |
| 2206 | Gabrova | Discovered on All Fools' Day, this minor planet is named for the Bulgarian town known for its humor |
| 2209 | Tianjin | Named for the largest port city in northern China, site of the latitude station of the Peking Observ |
| 2224 | Tucson | Named for the city in Arizona. Prominent astronomical institutions in Tucson are the Lunar and Plane |
| 2247 | Hiroshima | Named for the Japanese city Hiroshima in the hope that this planet may be a symbol for world peace. |
| 2250 | Stalingrad | Named in commemoration of the fierce battle for the city. The victory by the defenders was an import |
| 2271 | Kiso | Named for the station of the Tokyo Observatory at which this minor planet was discovered. |
| 2293 | Guernica | Named for the town Guernica y Luno, Spain, historical center of Basque culture. (M 9767) |
| 2367 | Praha | Named for the capital of {the former} Czechoslovakia, which has a longstanding astronomical traditio |
| 2387 | Xi'an | Named for the famous historical city, origin of Chinese splendid culture and home of a rich treasure |
| 2396 | Kochi | Named by the discoverer in honor of his native city. (M 6421) See also the citation for planet (315 |
| 2424 | Tautenburg | Named for the village near which the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory is located, some 15 km to the no |
| 2471 | Ultrajectum | Named in honor of the University Observatory at Utrecht, best known for its work on solar physics. U |
| 2478 | Tokai | Named by the discoverer for the city in which he lives. (M 6650) |
| 2479 | Sodankyla | Named for a large country commune, more than 12,000 square kilometers in area, in southern Lapland. |
| 2501 | Lohja | Named for a town, ridge and lake in southern Finland. An important market in the Middle Ages, Lohja |
| 2514 | Taiyuan | Named for the capital city of the province of Shaanxi {see planet (2263)}, located in northern Chin |
| 2520 | Novorossijsk | Named for a town on the Black Sea coast. (M 7618) |
| 2524 | Budovicium | The ancient Roman name for the town of Ceské Budějovice {see planet (11134)}, the center of South B |
| 2531 | Cambridge | Named for the centers of learning in England and in Massachusetts, U.S.A. The Minor Planet Center is |
| 2535 | Hameenlinna | Named for an old town in the province of Häme. The town grew around a thirteenth-century castle (lin |
| 2599 | Veseli | Named for the town in South Bohemia where the dicoverer resides. (M 7619) |
| 2601 | Bologna | Named for the famous Italian city, home of one of the oldest universities in the world, in which the |
| 2606 | Odessa | Named for the large port and industrial and cultural city on the coast of the Black Sea. (M 7472) |
| 2613 | Plzen | Named for the industrial and cultural center of West Bohemia, birthplace of the discoverer. (M 7619) |
| 2618 | Coonabarabran | Named for this typical country town situated at the base of the beautiful Warrumbungle mountain rang |
| 2672 | Pisek | Named for a town in western South Bohemia where many outstanding Czech writers and artists were born |
| 2676 | Aarhus | Named by L. K. Kristensen, who found the identifications involving this object, in honor of the Dani |
| 2689 | Bruxelles | Named for the capital of Belgium. (M 12209) |
| 2693 | Yan'an | Named for a town in the northern part of Shaanxi {see planet (2263)} province, along the Yan River. |
| 2700 | Baikonur | Named for the Soviet cosmodrome, where the world’s first artificial satellite was launched just 25 y |
| 2713 | Luxembourg | Named for the country in western Europe. (M 12209) |
| 2719 | Suzhou | Named for a city in southeastern Jiangsu province, famous at home and abroad for its beautiful scene |
| 2729 | Urumqi | Named for an open city in the western part of China, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur {see planet (233 |
| 2733 | Hamina | Named for an old Finnish town on the eastern Gulf of Finland. It was known as market place and harbo |
| 2737 | Kotka | Named for an important Finnish industrial center and harbor, a town constructed mainly on islands in |
| 2743 | Chengdu | Named for the capital of Sichuan {see planet (2215)} province in southwestern China. Located in the |
| 2747 | Cesky Krumlov | Named for the historical town on the Vltava {see planet (2123)} river. Kleť Observatory is situated |
| 2750 | Loviisa | Named for a small Finnish town, an important export harbor, on the eastern Gulf of Finland. About tw |
| 2765 | Dinant | Named for a city in southern Belgium, birthplace of Adolphe Sax {see planet (3534)}, inventor of th |
| 2778 | Tangshan | Named for a city in Hebei {see planet (2505)} province in northern China with a long history and fl |
| 2788 | Andenne | Named for an industrial city in southern Belgium, known for its foundries and metallurgic factories. |
| 2789 | Foshan | Named for a famous city in the Guangdong {see planet (2185)} province in southern China with a long |
| 2806 | Graz | Named for the capital city of the Austrian province of Styria {see planet (6482)}. With its three u |
| 2820 | Iisalmi | Named for a town, parts of which date back to the stone age, in the lake district of central Finland |
| 2830 | Greenwich | Named for the Royal Greenwich Observatory on the occasion of the centennial of its adoption as the p |
| 2851 | Harbin | Named for the city in the north of China, famed as “the jewel of the Eurasia Continent Bridge”. Harb |
| 2889 | Brno | Named for the capital of Moravia {see planet (1901)}. (M 22828) The town of Brno is also honored by |
| 2903 | Zhuhai | Named for an important open city in southern China, located at the west coast of Zhujiang port in Gu |
| 2910 | Yoshkar-Ola | Named for a city on the Volga basin, capital of the {former} Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republ |
| 2924 | Mitake-mura | Named for another of the three towns to which the Kiso Station administratively belongs. Although in |
| 2927 | Alamosa | Named for the discoverer’s birthplace, the central town of the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado, |
| 2935 | Naerum | Named after the small town of Naerum, some 15 km north of Copenhagen, where the discoverer spent his |
| 2960 | Ohtaki | Named for the third of the towns to which the Kiso Station administratively belongs. In fact, the Ob |
| 2979 | Murmansk | Named for the famous Arctic seaport. (M 8914) |
| 3009 | Coventry | Named for the city in England, twin city of Volgograd. (M 9770) |
| 3011 | Chongqing | Named for a city in southwestern China on the upper reach of the Yangtse River. Founded more than 3, |
| 3012 | Minsk | Named for the capital city of the {former} Byelorussian S.S.R. {see the citation for planet (2170)} |
| 3031 | Houston | Named in honor of Walter Scott Houston, American amateur astronomer well known for his column “Deep |
| 3033 | Holbaek | Named in honor of the town nearest to the Brorfelde {see planet (3309)} Observatory on the occasion |
| 3043 | San Diego | Named as a celestial tribute to the city of San Diego in appreciation of the city’s responsiveness a |
| 3048 | Guangzhou | Named for the largest open city in southern China and the capital of Guangdong province. The provinc |
| 3051 | Nantong | Named for the industrial port city at the mouth of the Yangtse, on the Yellow Sea. The city has a lo |
| 3053 | Dresden | Named for the city in the {former} German Democratic Republic {see also planet (263)}. (M 9770) Dre |
| 3072 | Vilnius | o planet (2577)}. (M 9771) Vilnius is since 1991 the capital of the independent state of Lithuania. |
| 3073 | Kursk | Named for an old Russian city. (M 9771) |
| 3088 | Jinxiuzhonghua | The name reflects the natural beauty and ancient civilization of China. Jinxiuzhonghua, or “Splendid |
| 3103 | Eger | Named for a famous Hungarian city. In 1762 its bishop, Count Karoly Esterhazy, established a univers |
| 3121 | Tamines | Named for an industrial city on the river Sambre {see planet (4016)} in southern Belgium, known for |
| 3133 | Sendai | Named for the biggest city in northeastern Japan, home of Tôhuku University and several other instit |
| 3136 | Anshan | Named for the city, known as the “Steel Metropolis”, in the Liaodong peninsula. The largest iron and |
| 3139 | Shantou | Named for an open city on the coast of southeast China. A fine seaport, it is also a flourishing ind |
| 3166 | Klondike | Named in memory of the brothers Karl F. Joutsen and Anton F. Johnson, who during 1901–1905 made a fo |
| 3177 | Chillicothe | Named for the southern Ohio city of Chillicothe, located at the confluence of the Scioto River and P |
| 3187 | Dalian | Named for the city in northeastern China, located on the southern tip of the Liao Dong peninsula. A |
| 3206 | Wuhan | Named for the largest city in central China. Located at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze rivers |
| 3213 | Smolensk | Named for the one of the oldest towns in Russia. (M 12971) |
| 3221 | Changshi | Named for a bright pearl city in the lower reaches of the Yangtze river in China, with charming natu |
| 3224 | Irkutsk | Named for the Siberian city on the occasion of its 300th anniversary. (M 11161) |
| 3232 | Brest | Named for the well-known city in Byelorussia {see planet (2170)}. (M 12015) |
| 3239 | Meizhou | Named for the historical cultural city in China, situated in northeastern Guangdong province {see pl |
| 3297 | Hong Kong | Named for the island and city in southeast Asia, a key center of international finance and trade. |
| 3309 | Brorfelde | On the observatory’ s fortieth anniversary, this first minor planet discovered at the Copenhagen Uni |
| 3320 | Namba | This planet was given the former name of Osaka, where co-discoverer Hurukawa grew up. (M 11442) For |
| 3335 | Quanzhou | Named for a well-known historical and cultural city. In ancient times, Quanzhou was a starting point |
| 3340 | Yinhai | Named for a beautiful city located on Hailing Island in the South China Sea, famous for its scenery. |
| 3344 | Modena | Named for the city near Bologna, famous for its beautiful bell-tower Ghirlandia, the Romanesque cath |
| 3374 | Namur | Named for the principal town in the Belgian province of the same name, a place where the discoverer |
| 3406 | Omsk | Named for the city of Omsk, the discoverer’s birthplace, one of the great industrial, cultural and s |
| 3473 | Sapporo | Named for the capital of Hokkaido {see planet (3720)}, location of the Winter Olympic games in 1972 |
| 3476 | Dongguan | Named for the “Town of Fish and Rice and Fruit”, a developing industrial city with modernized constr |
| 3500 | Kobayashi | Named in honor of Takao Kobayashi, an active computer of cometary orbits and identifier of minor pla |
| 3509 | Sanshui | Named for the Chinese city situated on the delta of the Pearl River. (M 23792) |
| 3512 | Eriepa | Named for the discoverer’s home town of Erie, Pennsylvania. (M 14481) |
| 3539 | Weimar | Named for the venerable town, 30 km from Tautenburg {see planet (2424)}, renowned for its contribut |
| 3563 | Canterbury | Named for the province of New Zealand on the eastern side of the South Island. The name also honors |
| 3583 | Burdett | Named for the discoverer’s home town in Kansas {see planet (3124)}. (M 12018) |
| 3607 | Naniwa | This planet is being given the former name of Osaka, where co-discoverer Hurukawa grew up. (M 12018) |
| 3646 | Aduatiques | Named for the Aduatiques, an ancient Belgian tribe from Namur {see planet (3374)}. The tribe is men |
| 3650 | Kunming | Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, is one of the hub cities in southwestern China. It enjoys |
| 3711 | Ellensburg | Named by the discoverer to honor the city of his birth, established in the 1880s by the tracks of th |
| 3729 | Yangzhou | Situated between the Yangtze and Huai rivers, Yangzhou is the location of China's earliest canal, da |
| 3735 | Trebon | Named in honor of the discoverer’s home town in South Bohemia. (M 16443) |
| 3746 | Heyuan | The city of Heyuan is located in the Chinese northeastern province of Guangdong. Its Evergreen Lake |
| 3785 | Kitami | Named for a city in Hokkaido {see planet (3720)} that has been since 1983 a “friendship city” of th |
| 3799 | Novgorod | Named for one of the oldest towns in Russia. (M 22499) |
| 3802 | Dornburg | Named for a small town, more than 1050 years old, a few kilometers distant from the Tautenburg Obser |
| 3823 | Yorii | Named for the small town in central Japan where this minor planet was discovered. Known for the attr |
| 3825 | Nürnberg | In medieval times, the northern Bavarian city of Nürnberg was the residence of famous scholars such |
| 3830 | Trelleborg | Named in honor of an old town in southern Sweden, twinned with Holbaek {see planet (3033)}, the nea |
| 3858 | Dorchester | Named for the county town of Dorset, England. Founded by the Romans in A.D. 70, Dorchester was made |
| 3860 | Plovdiv | V. G. Ivanova at Rozhen. Named for an ancient town in Bulgaria. (M 14030) |
| 3868 | Mendoza | Named in honor of Eugenio E. Mendoza V. (1928– ) on the occasion of his 65th birthday. After obtaini |
| 3915 | Fukushima | Named in honor of Hisao Fukushima (1910–1997), professor emeritus at Hokkaido University, famous for |
| 3997 | Taga | Named for the town in which the Dynic Observatory is located. Known for its ancient shrine, Taga is |
| 4018 | Bratislava | Named for the capital of Slovakia. (M 25976) |
| 4042 | Okhotsk | Named for the sea that extends between the northeast coast of Hokkaido and the Kamchatka Peninsula. |
| 4054 | Turnov | Named for a small city in a region of eastern Bohemia known as “Czech Paradise”. The city is famous |
| 4066 | Haapavesi | Named for the birthplace of the discoverer’s father. Haapavesi has been known for centuries for the |
| 4071 | Rostovdon | Named for the city of Rostov, the discoverer’s birthplace, a large industrial and railroad center lo |
| 4096 | Kushiro | Named for a city of population of 220,000 on the Pacific coast of Hokkaido {see planet (3720)}. Its |
| 4172 | Rochefort | Named for a small town in the province of Namur {see also planet (3374)} in southern Belgium. (M 21 |
| 4186 | Tamashima | Named in honor of the city where the first discoverer was born and grew up. It is located near the O |
| 4206 | Verulamium | Named for the Roman town in the province of Britannia, now the site of the English city of St. Alban |
| 4216 | Neunkirchen | Named to honor the birthplace of Hermann Haupt {see planet (2870)} and Gerhard Hahn {see planet (3 |
| 4249 | Kremze | Named for a small town in southern Bohemia north of Kleť Mountain. It was first mentioned as a villa |
| 4263 | Abashiri | Named for a small city of population 43,000 in the eastern part of Hokkaido {see planet (3720)}. Lo |
| 4265 | Kani | Named for the quiet, rural town where the first discoverer lives. It is situated about 30 km north o |
| 4271 | Novosibirsk | Named for the great Siberian industrial, cultural and scientific center, on the occasion of its 100t |
| 4335 | Verona | Named for the Italian city, founded in the fourth century B.C., and situated at the foot of the Alps |
| 4337 | Arecibo | Named for the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, site of the largest filled-aperture telescope in t |
| 4352 | Kyoto | Named for the 1200th anniversary, in 1994, of the establishment by Emperor Kammu of Kyoto as the for |
| 4353 | Onizaki | Named for the town where the second discoverer spent his boyhood. Since the name vanished when neigh |
| 4355 | Memphis | Named after the former capital of the old Egyptian kingdom. (M 18141) |
| 4357 | Korinthos | Named after the important seaport town in classical Greece. (M 18141) |
| 4381 | Uenohara | Named for the small town on the edge of which is the observing station where this minor planet was d |
| 4439 | Muroto | Named for a small seaside city in the southeastern part of the Japanese island of Shikoku {see plane |
| 4447 | Kirov | Named in honor of the Kirov Ballet and State Theater of St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad). Directl |
| 4458 | Oizumi | Named for the beautiful village in which Yatsugatake {see planet (4033)} South Base Observatory is |
| 4460 | Bihoro | Named for the city, home of the first discoverer, at the junction of the Bihoro and Abashiri {see pl |
| 4461 | Sayama | Named in honor of a city located in the Musashino hills in the center of the Kantou {see planet (32 |
| 4519 | Voronezh | Named for the Russian city, founded before 1177. A large industrial and cultural center, Voronezh wa |
| 4526 | Konko | Named for a city in the area where the first discoverer grew up. Before the Okayama {see planet (20 |
| 4573 | Piestany | Named for the city located on the river Váh in the middle Považie region of western Slovakia, 70 km |
| 4578 | Kurashiki | Named for a beautiful city on the shore of the Seto inland sea in western Japan. Minoru Honda (1917– |
| 4621 | Tambov | Named for the city of Tambov, one of the industrial and cultural centers in Russia, center of the Ta |
| 4630 | Chaonis | Named in honor of the Chions, originally Chaonis, where the observatory of that name is located. The |
| 4634 | Shibuya | Named for a cultural district of Tokyo that contains a concert hall, two theaters, two art museums a |
| 4644 | Oumu | Named for a town, noted for its fishing industry, situated on the Sea of Okhotsk some 50 km of Kitam |
| 4649 | Sumoto | Named for the chief city of Awaji island on the Seto inland sea of Japan. The Oriental Astronomical |
| 4690 | Strasbourg | Named for the French city of Strasbourg, capital of Alsace {see planet (971)}. This city near the R |
| 4695 | Mediolanum | Mediolanum is the Latin name of Milano, city placed in the North of Italy. In 1861 G. V. Schiaparel |
| 4697 | Novara | Novara is a city in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy. It is an important crossroads for comme |
| 4703 | Kagoshima | Named for the prefecture and its capital city, home of the discoverers, located at the southern tip |
| 4720 | Tottori | Named for a central city of the Sanin area, located on the Japan Sea, sister city of Kushiro {see pl |
| 4744 | Rovereto | Rovereto, City of Peace, is an ancient town in Trentino-Alto Adige (Italy), where the local administ |
| 4774 | Hobetsu | Named for a city, located 100 km southeast of Sapporo {see planet (3473)}, famous for the fossil of |
| 4776 | Luyi | Named for a town in the eastern Henan {see planet (2085)} province of China. Luyi is the birthplace |
| 4782 | Gembloux | Named for an industrial city on the river Orneau in southern Belgium. (M 19339) |
| 4806 | Miho | Named for a resort located in suburban Shimizu and about 3 km east of Yakiimo Station. Miho is known |
| 4825 | Ventura | Named for the city near the coast of the Pacific, north of Los Angeles. After the conference “Near-E |
| 4845 | Tsubetsu | Named for a timber town, with a population of less than 9,000, in eastern Hokkaido {see planet (372 |
| 4860 | Gubbio | Named for the city of Gubbio, Umbria, Italy. Dating from the Umbrian civilization in the 7th century |
| 4871 | Riverside | Named to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the “sister city” affiliation of Sendai {see planet (313 |
| 4873 | Fukaya | Named for a city 70 km northwest of Tokyo, not far from the National Astronomical Observatory’s Doda |
| 4931 | Tomsk | Named by the first discoverer in honor of the Siberian city and its 500,000 inhabitants. (M 21609) |
| 5054 | Keil | Named in honor of Klaus Keil (1934– ), American meteoriticist. An authority on the petrology of enst |
| 5108 | Lubeck | Named in memory of the famous organist and composer Vincent Lübeck (1654–1740), born in Padding-bütt |
| 5138 | Gyoda | Named for an industrial city, home of the second discoverer, located some 60 km north of Tokyo, betw |
| 5139 | Rumoi | Named for the city of Rumoi, situated in the northwest part of Hokkaido {see planet (3720)}, where |
| 5146 | Moiwa | Named for the mountain that offers an outstanding panorama of the city of Sapporo and is popular bot |
| 5199 | Dortmund | Named for the capital of Nordrhein-Westfalen and the sister city of Rostov-on-Don {see planet (4071 |
| 5240 | Kwasan | Named for the Kyoto University’s Kwasan Observatory, which is located at the top of Kwasan hill on t |
| 5249 | Giza | Named for the Egyptian town and regional capital on the west bank of the Nile. This strip of land co |
| 5277 | Brisbane | Brisbane, the name of the capital city of Queensland, itself honors Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, |
| 5333 | Kanaya | Named for the first discoverer’s native town, an old station on the ancient national road “Tokai-do” |
| 5334 | Mishima | Named for the first discoverer’s second home, a city some 100 km west of Tokyo and famous for the gr |
| 5399 | Awa | Named by the first discoverer for the town in which he lives in the northern part of Shikoku island |
| 5403 | Takachiho | Named for the home town of the wife of the second discoverer, Takachiho is located at the center of |
| 5435 | Kameoka | Named for a city with a castle and a good deal of natural beauty, situated just west of Kyoto {see p |
| 5468 | Hamatonbetsu | Located near the northern extremity of Japan, Hamatonbetsu is the town where the second discoverer l |
| 5474 | Gingasen | Gingasen, or ‘Milky Way’, is a railroad track in Hokkaido {see planet (3720)}. This 150-km public r |
| 5489 | Oberkochen | Named for the town in Germany in which the Zeiss {see also planet (851)} Optical works are located. |
| 5547 | Acadiau | Named in honor of Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Founded in 1838, Acadia U. has become o |
| 5629 | Kuwana | Kuwana is a city located in the delta of the Nagara and Ibe rivers, near the city of Nagoya and the |
| 5654 | Terni | Named for the city located in a natural amphitheater, at the confluence of the Serra and Nera rivers |
| 5677 | Aberdonia | Named in honor of the University of Aberdeen on the occasion of the quincentenary of its founding, 1 |
| 5686 | Chiyonoura | Named for a beautiful sandy beach between Ben-tengahama {see planet (5293)} and Shiundai, in the so |
| 5725 | Nordlingen | Named for the attractive, medieval, walled city located in the heart of the Ries {see planet (4327) |
| 5767 | Moldun | Named for the town of Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, location of the Astrophysics Section of the Paris Obse |
| 5783 | Kumagaya | Kumagaya, also known as the ‘City of Cherry Blossoms’ and ‘Rugby Town’, is an industrial city locate |
| 5790 | Nagasaki | Named for the Japanese city of Nagasaki in the hope that this minor planet may be a symbol for world |
| 5805 | Glasgow | Named for the city of Glasgow, Scotland, and for the Astronomical Society of Glasgow, whose 100th an |
| 5816 | Potsdam | Named for the capital of the German state of Brandenburg. Besides Berlin, Potsdam was the residence |
| 5870 | Baltimore | Named for the city located on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Celebrating the bicentennial of its 17 |
| 5941 | Valencia | Named for the large Mediterranean seaport city in Spain, administrative center of the province of th |
| 5960 | Wakkanai | Wakkanai, situated at the northern tip of Japan, is a city known for its marine industry, dairy farm |
| 5978 | Kaminokuni | Named for one of the oldest towns in Hokkaido {see planet (3720)}, with a population of 8000. The h |
| 6068 | Brandenburg | Named for the district in Germany around Berlin {see planet (422)}. The medieval capital of this re |
| 6102 | Visby | Visby is a city, still surrounded by a medieval wall, on the Swedish island of Gotland. |
| 6216 | San Jose | Named for the city in northern California, to acknowledge it as the Capital of Silicon Valley and to |
| 6252 | Montevideo | Named for the capital of Uruguay and city of the birth of G. Tancredi {see planet (5088)}, one of t |
| 6268 | Versailles | Named for the city, site of the grandiose palace and start of the French revolution in 1789. In 1624 |
| 6273 | Kiruna | North of the Arctic Circle in the province of Norrbotten, Kiruna is the northernmost city in Sweden, |
| 6296 | Cleveland | Named in honor of the city in Ohio as a tribute to its bicentennial celebration. NASA’s Lewis Resear |
| 6320 | Bremen | Named for the important commercial seaport on the Lower Weser, seat of the shipping company Norddeut |
| 6340 | Kathmandu | Named for the capital city of Nepal, a favorite destination for trekkers and climbers in the Himalay |
| 6349 | Acapulco | Named for the city in Mexico, Acapulco is the international sister city of Sendai, Japan, affiliated |
| 6419 | Susono | Named by the first discoverer for the town in which he lives, some 100 km west of Tokyo. The name of |
| 6442 | Salzburg | Named for the Austrian province and its capital on the river Salzach. Visitors flock to the province |
| 6460 | Bassano | Named for Bassano Bresciano, an ancient village in the Italian province of Brescia. Situated on the |
| 6528 | Boden | Boden, a city in the province of Norrbotten in northern Sweden, is the birthplace of Mats Lindgren, |
| 6645 | Arcetri | Named for the Florence Observatory, moved in 1872 from the center of the city to Arcetri, near the h |
| 6654 | Luleå | Luleå, a center of the steel industry on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Bothnia and capital o |
| 6655 | Nagahama | Birthplace of the discoverer, the city of Nagahama is in the northeastern part of Shiga prefecture, |
| 6663 | Tatebayashi | Named for a city in Kanto Plain in the eastern part of Gunma Prefecture. Famous for the Tsutsujigao |
| 6714 | Montréal | Host city for the IAU General Assembly in 1979, Montreal has combined the best of English and French |
| 6721 | Minamiawaji | Minamiawaji is a small city located in southern Awaji island, Japan. Name suggested by S. Nakano. |
| 6796 | Sundsvall | On the western coast of the Gulf of Bothnia, Sundsvall has developed from a center for trade to a ce |
| 6802 | Černovice | Named for the small town where the discoverer lived in his youth. Founded in the fourteenth century, |
| 6804 | Maruseppu | Named for a small town (population 2400) in eastern Hokkaido. Since 1994, Maruseppu has been promoti |
| 6882 | Sormano | Named in honor of the mountain village of Sormano and its nearby observatory where this object was d |
| 6939 | Lestone | Named for Leighton Buzzard, a small market town in south Bedfordshire, England. The town is recorded |
| 7079 | Baghdad | Baghdad was founded near one of the foremost cities of old Mesopotamia by the Arab Abbasid dynasty i |
| 7082 | La Serena | La Serena is a beautiful small city near the Pacific, about 600 km north of Santiago de Chile. For m |
| 7097 | Yatsuka | Named for the first discoverer's home town, in the eastern part of Shimane prefecture, known for its |
| 7137 | Ageo | Ageo is a city north of Tokyo in Saitama Prefecture. The name was suggested by M. Sekine. |
| 7144 | Dossobuono | Named for the village of Madonna di Dossobuono, known for its sanctuary for “700 dedicated to the vi |
| 7198 | Montelupo | Named for a small but busy town very near Florence with a tradition in ceramics that goes back to th |
| 7204 | Ondrejov | Named for the village, 35 km to the southeast of Prague, where the oldest active astronomical observ |
| 7253 | Nara | Named for the prefecture and city where the oldest capital in Japan was located, and where the first |
| 7259 | Gaithersburg | Gaithersburg, Maryland, is a city to the north of Washington, D.C. Located at the agreed latitude of |
| 7462 | Grenoble | Named for the French city, located in the foothills of the western Alps. Originally the center of th |
| 7481 | San Marcello | Named for San Marcello Pistoiese, the mountain village where the Pian dei Termini Observatory is loc |
| 7484 | Dogo Onsen | Named for a hot spring spa in Ehime, the prefecture in which this minor planet was discovered. Alrea |
| 7675 | Gorizia | Named for the Italian town on the 1000th anniversary of the first mention of its actual name in an o |
| 7678 | Onoda | Named for the city in the southwest of Yamaguchi Prefecture where the discoverer was born. Long know |
| 7679 | Asiago | Named for the mountain town and region hosting the largest astronomical observatory on Italian terri |
| 7716 | Ube | Named for the city in Yamaguchi prefecture where the discoverer attended high school. Famous for its |
| 7736 | Nizhnij Novgorod | Nizhnij Novgorod is an old Russian city located at the confluence of the Volga and Oka rivers. Foun |
| 7788 | Tsukuba | Named for the city located in the southwest of Ibaraki prefecture. Originally a region of pastoral f |
| 7816 | Hanoi | Named for the capital of Vietnam. The discoverer visited the city in 1997 with Yoshihide Kozai to h |
| 7850 | Buenos Aires | Named for the capital city of Argentina. First founded in 1536 by Don Pedro de Mendoza, who named it |
| 7852 | Itsukushima | Named for Itsukushima Island near Hiroshima City. Known as “one of the Scenic Trio of Japan”, the i |
| 7924 | Simbirsk | Named for the city of Simbirsk (Ul'yanovsk since 1924), a large industrial and cultural center on th |
| 8020 | Erzgebirge | Named for a low mountain range along the border of Saxony and Bohemia, about 150 km in length and ri |
| 8084 | Dallas | Named for the city in Texas, Dallas is the international sister city of Sendai, Japan, affiliated si |
| 8113 | Matsue | Named for a city located in the ancient Izumo district in western Japan. A beautiful city rich in cu |
| 8279 | Cuzco | Cuzco was the capital of the Inca empire. In Nov. 1533 the city was occupied by Pizarro. Severely da |
| 8283 | Edinburgh | Named for the historic capital city of Scotland. Long a center of learning, it became the focus of t |
| 8489 | Boulder | Named for the city of Boulder, Colorado, about 48 km northwest of Denver. Settled in 1859 by miners |
| 8665 | Daun-Eifel | Daun is a city in the Eifel region of Germany, not far from the Belgian border. Well known for its v |
| 8837 | London | London, on the River Thames, is the capital of England and the United Kingdom, founded by the Romans |
| 8849 | Brighton | Brighton is a seaside resort about 80 km south of London. Originally a small fishing community, it g |
| 8892 | Kakogawa | Named for the city, in the southewestern part of Hyogo prefecture, where the first discoverer was bo |
| 9336 | Altenburg | Named for the town of Altenburg, noted for its outstanding buildings (e.g. the theater and Lindenau |
| 9376 | Thionville | Named for the French city in northeastern France, near the Luxembourg border. It lies in the center |
| 9377 | Metz | Named for the French city in the Lorraine region of France, at the confluence of the Moselle and Sei |
| 9378 | Nancy-Lorraine | Named for the French city Nancy, in the Lorraine region of France, near the left bank of the river M |
| 9379 | Dijon | Named for the capital of Côte d´Or, in east-central France. In the ninth century the city was known |
| 9380 | Mâcon | Named for the French city Mâcon in the Bourgogne, on the right side of the river Saône. Although a |
| 9381 | Lyon | Named for the French city Lyon, capital of the Rhône departement in east-central France, at the conf |
| 9383 | Monteĺimar | Named for the city in southeastern France, near the confluence of the Roubion and Rhône rivers. The |
| 9384 | Aransio | Named for the city of Ornage in southeastern France in the department of Vaucluse. In early times th |
| 9385 | Avignon | Named for the city in southeastern France, at the east bank of the Rhône river. In 1309 it became t |
| 9392 | Cavaillon | Cavaillon is a small city on the road from Avignon to Digne in southern France well-known for the cu |
| 9393 | Apta | Apt, on the Calavon river, is a small city in southern France (Provence) and originally a Roman colo |
| 9394 | Manosque | Manosque, a small city in southern France (Provence), not far from the Durance river, has become wel |
| 9473 | Ghent | Named for the Flemish city Ghent (or Gand), capital of the province of East Flanders. One of the old |
| 9523 | Torino | Torino is the Italian capital of the automobile and aerospace industries. Among the scientists in th |
| 9819 | Sangerhausen | In the vicinity of the German city of Sangerhausen, a remarkable archaeological object was unearthed |
| 10088 | Digne | Named for the town of Digne, in southern France, the capital of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Situated o |
| 10120 | Ypres | With Bruges and Ghent, Ypres virtually controlled Flanders in the thirteenth century. During the Mi |
| 10175 | Aenona | Located on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea, Aenona is the Roman name of the first capital of the |
| 10233 | Le Creusot | Named for the home city and observatory site of the discoverer. It is in the Burgundy region of Fran |
| 10347 | Murom | Murom is a historic Russian city on the left bank of the Oka river. It was founded in 862 by a settl |
| 10374 | Etampes | Etampes, a city on the beautiful Chalouette river near Paris, was founded at the beginning of the se |
| 10415 | Mali Lošinj | Situated in the north part of the Adriatic Sea, the island of Mali Lošinj and the city of Mali Lošin |
| 10468 | Itacuruba | Itacuruba, also known as Nova Itacuruba, is a town in Pernambuco State, Brazil and site of the Obser |
| 10501 | Ardmacha | The city of Armagh is steeped in history. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland and home of t |
| 10549 | Helsingborg | Helsingborg is a town in southern Sweden at the narrowest part of the Öresund. It is the most conve |
| 10550 | Malmö | Malmö is Sweden's third largest town. Because of its busy port on the Öresund, it is an industrial |
| 10551 | Göteborg | Founded in 1603, Göteborg, on the southwest coast, is Sweden's chief seaport and second largest city |
| 10552 | Stockholm | Stockholm, the largest city in Sweden, is also the capital. Built on numerous islands, it is someti |
| 10558 | Karlstad | Karlstad, the capital of Värmland, lies in southwest-central Sweden, on the northern shore of Lake V |
| 10612 | Houffalize | Houffalize, a small city on the Ourthe river in the province of Luxemburg (Belgium), was completely |
| 10711 | Pskov | Pskov is an old Russian city located on the banks of the Velikaya river where it enters the Pskov la |
| 10771 | Ouro Prêto | Ouro Prêto was the old capital of Minas Gerais. Founded in 1698 as a mining settlement, it became t |
| 10793 | Quito | Quito, astride the equator, is the capital of Ecuador and the oldest of all the South American capit |
| 10864 | Yamagatashi | The city of Yamagata, in the center of Yamagata prefecture, is famous for its castle town and castin |
| 10867 | Lima | Lima, a name corrupted from that of the Rimac river, on which it stands, is the capital of Peru. Es |
| 10931 | Ceccano | Ceccano, where the discovery observations of this minor planet were made, is a small city, some 90 k |
| 11095 | Havana | The original urban nucleus of Havana, next to the port, is characterized by buildings in pure coloni |
| 11134 | České Budějovice | České Budějovice is the historic, cultural, educational, industrial and administrative center of sou |
| 11193 | Mérida | This Venezuelan city, named in 1558 by Juan Rodriguez Suarez, is also known as “the city of the gent |
| 11334 | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro, founded in 1565, is the city with the “Sugar Loaf” and a former capital of Brazil. |
| 11538 | Brunico | Bruneck (Brunico) is a city in South Tirol, Italy, where gymnasium pupils are inspired to participat |
| 11580 | Bautzen | The German city of Bautzen, founded in 1802, is located on the river Spree in the Lusatia region of |
| 11604 | Novigrad | Novigrad, also known as Novigrad Istarski and Cittanova d'Istria, is a town and a municipality in Is |
| 11706 | Rijeka | Rijeka is the principal seaport of Croatia, located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea. T |
| 12012 | Kitahiroshima | Kitahiroshima is a city in Hokkaido in northeastern Japan. The name means “North Hiroshima”. Begin |
| 12100 | Amiens | Amiens, the capital of Picardy, is famous for its cathedral, the tallest of the Gothic churches in F |
| 12111 | Ulm | Ulm is a city in Germany on the banks of the Donau river. Until World War II it was one of the most |
| 12279 | Laon | Laon is the capital of the Aisne department in northern France. The city is built on a 181-m hill an |
| 12280 | Reims | Reims is a city in the French department of Marne, the old capital (Durocortorum, later Remi) of the |
| 12287 | Langres | Langres is a French city in the south of the Haute-Marne department. In 1713 the great philosopher D |
| 12288 | Verdun | Verdun lies on the Meuse river in the Meuse department. During World War I the city was severely da |
| 12310 | Londontario | The Canadian city of London, Ontario, founded in 1854, is located at the fork of the Thames River, m |
| 12367 | Ourinhos | Ourinhos, a city in the state of Saõ Paulo, Brazil, is prone to forest fires. The name was chosen f |
| 12376 | Cochabamba | Cochabamba, a city in Bolivia, has been called the City of Eternal Spring due to its barely changing |
| 12465 | Perth Amboy | Perth Amboy, a New Jersey city, was settled in 1683 and incorporated in 1718. It is an important in |
| 12490 | Leiden | Leiden is a city in Holland at the edge of the Rhine river. Throughout history it has been an intell |
| 12512 | Split | Split is the largest Dalmatian city and the second-largest urban center in Croatia. Located on the |
| 12533 | Edmond | Edmond, a city in central Oklahoma, was founded on 1889 Apr. 22 in the first of the Oklahoma land ru |
| 12581 | Rovinj | Rovinj is a city on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula. It was initially built on an island |
| 12695 | Utrecht | Utrecht is a city in the Netherlands renowned for its university and the Sonnenborgh Observatory. In |
| 12710 | Breda | Breda, a city dating from 1252 in the southern part of The Netherlands, was captured in 1581 by the |
| 12716 | Delft | Delft, a city dating from 1246 in the southern part of The Netherlands, is famous for its blue potte |
| 13025 | Zürich | Capital of the canton and located at the northwestern end of the lake of the same name, Zürich is th |
| 13094 | Shinshuueda | The Ueda area of Nagano prefecture, located at the center of Japan, is called Shinshu and is surroun |
| 13117 | Pondicherry | Pondicherry is a city on the Coromandel coast in southeast India, founded by the French in 1674. In |
| 13125 | Tobolsk | Tobolsk is a Russian city in western Siberia, at the confluence of the Irtysh and Tobol rivers. Foun |
| 13128 | Aleppo | Aleppo is a city in Syria which, since the 2nd century BC, is at the crossroad of several trade road |
| 13131 | Palmyra | Palmyra, an ancient Semitic city, was first mentioned in the early second milennium BC as a caravan |
| 13209 | Arnhem | Arnhem, a name derived from the presence of eagles, is a city near the Rhine river in the eastern pa |
| 13436 | Enid | Enid, a city in northern Oklahoma, was founded on 1893 Sept. 16 in the Cherokee Outlet land run. It |
| 13509 | Guayaquil | Guayaquil is the largest and the most populated city in Ecuador. Founded in 1538 by the conquistador |
| 13599 | Lisbon | One of the oldest cities in the world, Lisbon was inhabited by pre-Celtic tribes during the Neolithi |
| 14080 | Heppenheim | The beautiful city of Heppenheim, with its medieval old town that was first mentioned in the year 75 |
| 14217 | Oaxaca | The city and state of Oaxaca was the birthplace and home of Benito Juarez, the first native-born pre |
| 14469 | Komatsuataka | Komatsuataka is a seaside town in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, located in central-western Jap |
| 14491 | Hitachiomiya | Hitachiomiya city, located in the northeast of Kanto district in central Japan, came on the scene in |
| 14632 | Flensburg | Situated at the end of the beautiful firth, Flensburg is the most northern city in Germany. It is a |
| 14812 | Rosario | One of the largest cities in Argentina, Rosario is located near the Parana River. The city has a pl |
| 14888 | Kanazawashi | Kanazawa, also known as “Little Kyoto”, is located almost at the center of Ishikawa prefecture. In |
| 14967 | Madrid | Madrid, capital city of Spain, is the birthplace and hometown of the second discoverer. |
| 15318 | Innsbruck | Innsbruck, capital of Tyrol in the heart of the Alps on the great route from Italy, has a history de |
| 15372 | Agrigento | Agrigento, the old Greek city Akragas, was founded by the Greeks in 582 B.C. One of the leading cit |
| 15417 | Babylon | Babylon, one of the most famous cities of antiquity, was the capital of southern Mesopotamia, the re |
| 15497 | Lucca | The ancient city of Lucca, on the banks of the river Serchio, is the capital of Tuscany. It is in t |
| 15550 | Sydney | Australia's largest city, Sydney is also the birthplace of the discoverer of this minor planet. Est |
| 15861 | Ispahan | Ispahan is an old and beautiful Persian-Iranian city about 340 km from Teheran. Van Eyck's poem |
| 16198 | Búzios | The city of Armação dos Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, is host to the Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2005 meeti |
| 16498 | Passau | The Bavarian city of Passau is at the confluence of the Danube, the Inn and the Ilz. Originally a C |
| 16515 | Usman'grad | Usman' is an old town in Russia, founded in 1645, and birth place of a number of notable people: fam |
| 16669 | Rionuevo | In an effort to understand its history stretching back at least 2500 years, Tucson's Rio Nuevo proje |
| 17651 | Tajimi | Tajimi is the city in Gifu prefecture where the first discoverer lives and where this minor planet w |
| 18609 | Shinobuyama | Shinobuyama, called “Fuku-Shima” many centuries ago, is a small mountain in Fukushima city, Japan. |
| 18635 | Frouard | Frouard is a city in the Lorraine region of France known for its mill, which it has had since the hi |
| 18637 | Liverdun | Liverdun is a city in the Lorraine region of France. A medieval village located on a peak above a lo |
| 19509 | Niigata | Niigata prefecture is located on the island of Honshu, Japan. The Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012 me |
| 19620 | Auckland | The largest city in New Zealand, Auckland is renowned for its beautiful harbors and its volcanic con |
| 19914 | Klagenfurt | Klagenfurt, the capital of the Austrian province of Kaernten, is situated on the eastern shore of th |
| 19981 | Bialystock | Settled in 1437, the Polish city of Bialystock had many occupiers until Jan Klemens Branicki (1689-1 |
| 20243 | Den Bosch | Den Bosch (s-Hertogenbosch) is the capital of the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. The |
| 21054 | Ojmjakon | The coldest city on earth, Ojmjakon, lies in the Republic of Yakutia (Siberia, Russia), in the vall |
| 21326 | Nitta-machi | Nitta-machi was a town with a population of 29,000 in county Nitta-Gun county, in the southeastern p |
| 22292 | Mosul | Mosul is a city on the Tigris in northern Iraq , 400 km north of Baghdad. The area of Mosul was a pa |
| 22745 | Rikuzentakata | A city in Iwate, Japan, Rikuzentakata was heavily damaged by the 2011 tsunami. Its nationally design |
| 24709 | Mitau | Mitau is the ancient name of the Latvian city of Jelgava. It grew around a fortress established by |
| 26851 | Sarapul | Sarapul, a Russian city on the Kama river, was founded in the late sixteenth century and served as a |
| 27709 | Orenburg | Established in 1743, Orenburg is a city on the Ural river that served as the frontier fortress betwe |
| 27718 | Gouda | Gouda, a city in the South Holland province of the Netherlands, was founded in 1272. The city is wel |
| 27736 | Ekaterinburg | Ekaterinburg, on the river Iset, is a city on the eastern side of the Urals. Founded in 1723 by Pet |
| 30936 | Basra | Basra is a city in south-eastern Iraq. It was founded in 636 CE at the historical location of Sumer, |
| 31267 | Kuldiga | Kuldiga, a city in western Latvia, was first mentioned in 1242, and it joined the Hanseatic League i |
| 35165 | Québec | The city of Québec was founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. Cradle of French civilization in Nort |
| 35347 | Tallinn | Known in the twelfth century as Kolyvan, and later as Reval, the Finnic-speaking community became th |
| 35618 | Tartu | In 1224 the Tarbatu settlement was captured by German crusaders, who named it Dorpat. The community |
| 37623 | Valmiera | Valmiera (Wolmar) is a city in Northern Latvia. During the thirteenth century it was occupied by th |
| 37645 | Chebarkul | On 2013 February 15 a small asteroid exploded above the city of Chelyabinsk. A large fragment contin |
| 42776 | Casablanca | Casablanca is the largest city and chief port in Morocco. Michael Curtiz' Casablanca (1942), |
| 42924 | Betlem | Hans Betlem (b. 1954), Dutch amateur meteor astronomer and founder of the Dutch Meteor Society, is w |
| 46595 | Kita-Kyushu | Kita-Kyushu is a city in Fukuoka prefecture. Since the first government-managed steelworks was inst |
| 48799 | Tashikuergan | Tashikuergan (“Stone City”) is an ancient city along the Silk Road at the western end in China. It |
| 52260 | Ureshino | Ureshino is a city located in Saga prefecture, Kyushu island, Japan. In legend, Ureshino's name came |
| 54439 | Topeka | The capital city of Kansas, Topeka is home of the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, the Menni |
| 58221 | Boston | Boston, founded in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England, is the capital and largest city of the Ame |
| 60186 | Las Cruces | Las Cruces was founded in 1848 at a site along the Rio Grande river and has grown from a small settl |
| 63163 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem is an ancient Middle Eastern city. Its unique position among cities of the world derives |
| 68718 | Safi | Safi is an old city of Morocco located on the Atlantic coast. This port is well known for its sardin |
| 72037 | Castelldefels | Castelldefels is a millenary city 30 km from Barcelona, visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists |
| 72060 | Hohhot | Hohhot is the capital city of the province of Inner Mongolia, China. |
| 77755 | Delémont | The city of Delémont is the capital of Jura, situated 50 km southwest of Basel. In 1289 the bishop o |
| 82332 | Las Vegas | Named as a celestial tribute to the community of Las Vegas, Nevada, which in 100 years evolved from |
| 96192 | Calgary | Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta. It was founded in 1875 as a post of the Nort |
| 96193 | Edmonton | Edmonton is the capital city of the province of Alberta. It was founded in 1795 as a trading post an |
| 103966 | Luni | Luni was an ancient and powerful Roman city founded in 177 BC on the shores of the Ligurian Sea. Th |
| 110295 | Elcalafate | El Calafate is a city in Patagonia, Argentina. The name of the city is derived from a little bush ca |
| 117506 | Wildberg | Since 2000 the city of Wildberg, in the northern part of Germany's Black Forest, has hosted the disc |
| 127870 | Vigo | Vigo is one of the largest and most vibrant cities of Galicia. It is an active seaport on the Spani |
| 133243 | Essen | Essen, in the German agglomeration “Ruhrgebiet”, is the former center of German heavy industry. It |
| 152481 | Stabia | Castellammare di Stabia is a city in southern Italy. The city is located close to the ancient Roman |
| 178267 | Sarajevo | Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city is historically famous |
| 181043 | Anan | With a population of 78~000, Anan city is located in eastern Shikoku Island. The industrial zone in |
| 185250 | Korostyshiv | Korostyshiv is an ancient city in Ukraine located on the Teteriv river. It is known as a center for |
| 187700 | Zagreb | Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of Croatia. It is the country's cultural, scientific, ec |
| 204852 | Frankfurt | Frankfurt am Main, birthplace of Goethe, Karl Schwarzschild and Otto Hahn, is the largest city in th |
| 207723 | Jiansanjiang | Jiansanjiang, located in the hinterland of Sanjiang Plain, is known as “China Green Rice City”. Its |
| 207931 | Weihai | Weihai is a well-known harbor and tourist city, as well as the location of the Shandong University, |
| 210030 | Taoyuan | Taoyuan, where the National Central University is located, is generally considered to be the gateway |
| 210271 | Samarkand | Samarkand is an ancient city most noted for its central position on the Silk Road. In the Middle Ag |
| 212631 | Hsinchu | Hsinchu is a city in northern Taiwan, popularly nicknamed “The Windy City” for its windy climate. Hs |
| 220736 | Niihama | Niihama is the third-largest city in Ehime prefecture with a population of 125000. Established in 1 |
| 223950 | Mississauga | Mississauga, Ontario, is Canada's sixth largest city. |
| 228180 | Puertollano | Puertollano is an industrial city in the province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It was |
| 229631 | Cluny | The city of Cluny is in the Saône-et-Loire department (Burgundy, France), 20 km north west of Mâcon. |
| 239200 | Luoyang | Luoyang is an ancient city situated on the central plain of China and has a history of more than 400 |
| 241418 | Darmstadt | Darmstadt is a German city known for its architecture of the Jugendstil period. It is the location |
| 242479 | Marijampole | Marijampole, with a population of 45 000, is the largest city in the Suvalkija region of south-west |
| 243440 | Colonia | Colonia (Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium) is the Roman name for Köln, Germany's fourth-largest ci |
| 243536 | Mannheim | Mannheim is a German city in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, where Karl Benz appeared on the |
| 246643 | Miaoli | Miaoli is a city located in the mountainous terrain on the western coastline of Taiwan. The city is |
| 256813 | Marburg | Marburg is a German city, first mentioned in 1138. A castle and Germany's oldest gothic church domi |
| 257533 | Iquique | Iquique is a port city in northern Chile. It is the capital city of both the Iquique Province and t |
| 263932 | Speyer | Speyer is one of Germany's oldest cities, founded by the Romans in 10 BC. The city is dominated by t |
| 264020 | Stuttgart | Stuttgart is the capital city of the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg. The Stuttgart Obser |
| 266711 | Tuttlingen | Tuttlingen is a German city in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, first mentioned in 797. It i |
| 269550 | Chur | The city of Chur, capital of Grisons canton, is the oldest town in Switzerland, with a settlement hi |
| 270601 | Frauenstein | Frauenstein is a small city on the crest of the Erzgebirge Mountains in Saxony, Germany. It was fi |
| 277816 | Varese | Varese is “the city of gardens”, in a lake district with beautiful landscapes on the border of the I |
| 278591 | Salò | The city of Salò is a historic town in northern Italy on the western bank of Lake Garda. |
| 281140 | Trier | The German city of Trier, birthplace of philosopher Karl Marx, was founded by the Romans in 16 BCE a |
| 284029 | Esplugafrancolí | The Spanish village of l'Espluga de Francolí, Tarragona province, is famous for its long and deep ca |
| 284945 | Saint-Imier | The city of Saint-Imier was founded by the hermit St. Imerius in 884. Saint-Imier is located in the |
| 293477 | Teotihuacan | Teotihuacan is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub-valley of the Valley of Mexico. Apart f |
| 294664 | Trakai | Trakai is a Lithuanian historic city known for its medieval island castle and lake resort. It lies |
| 295565 | Hannover | Hannover, the capital city of the German federal state of Niedersachsen, is the birthplace of the as |
| 296577 | Arkhangelsk | The city of Arkhangelsk was founded in 1584 on the banks of the Northern Dvina river, near the White |
| 301061 | Egelsbach | Egelsbach is a German city located between Frankfurt am Main and Darmstadt, first mentioned in 1275. |
| 301394 | Bensheim | Bensheim is a German city, first mentioned in 765. It is situated in the district of the Bergstraße, |
| 311231 | Anuradhapura | Anuradhapura is a UNESCO World Heritage site, situated in north-central Sri Lanka and was the capita |
| 321024 | Gijon | Gijon (Xixón in Asturian) is the largest city and municipality in the autonomous community of Asturi |
| 336698 | Melbourne | Melbourne is the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria. The Melbourne Observatory, which |
| 340980 | Bad Vilbel | The city of Bad Vilbel is a spa town with many mineral springs in midwestern Germany, bordering on n |
| 342431 | Hilo | Hilo is the largest city on “The Big Island” of Hawai'i. Hilo is one of the rainiest cities in the |
| 346886 | Middelburg | Middelburg is an old Dutch city on the isle of Walcheren in the province of Zeeland that was built |
| 349606 | Fleurance | Fleurance is a once fortified city in Gers, in south-western France, that was founded in the 13th ce |
| 365159 | Garching | Garching, a German city north of Munich, hosts many educational and research facilities, including u |
| 366272 | Medellín | Medellín is the second largest city in Colombia. It is a financial, commercial and industrial center |
| 367436 | Siena | Siena is an Italian city in the region of Tuscany, known for its beautiful medieval cityscape and t |
| 503033 | New Hampshire | New Hampshire is a state located in the northeast corner United States, within the region of New Eng |
| 510466 | Varna | This object was discovered by students at the Language School Frederic Joliot Curie located in Varna |
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