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| 50 | Virginia | Independently discovered 1857 Oct. 19 by R. Luther at Düsseldorf. Two possible interpretations for t |
| 52 | Europa | Named for the daughter of Agenor {see planet (1873)}, king of Phoenicia, and sister of Cadmus {see |
| 67 | Asia | Asia was the wife of Iapetus and the mother of Atlas and Prometheus {see planet (1809)}. The discov |
| 69 | Hesperia | Hesperia is the Greek name for Italy derived from Hespera or Vesper, the setting Sun, the evening or |
| 166 | Rhodope | Named after an attendant of Artemis {see planet (105)}. She thought herself more beautiful than Her |
| 183 | Istria | Named for the (now Croatian) peninsula at the northern end of the Adriatic sea, containing Trieste a |
| 301 | Bavaria | Named to commemorate the August 1891 meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft in Munich, the capita |
| 313 | Chaldaea | Named for the country in Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates whose capital was Babylon. The Chalda |
| 327 | Columbia | Named in honor of Christopher Columbus (1446?–1506) to commemorate the 400th anniversary of his firs |
| 333 | Badenia | Named for the region in southwestern Germany, former German grand-duchy, in which Heidelberg {see pl |
| 341 | California | Named by the discoverer for the state of California in order to commemorate his visit in 1893. (H 38 |
| 356 | Liguria | Named after the region in northwest Italy and southern France between Genoa and Nice, bordering on t |
| 359 | Georgia | This planet was named at the 1902 meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft in Göttingen. It honors |
| 387 | Aquitania | Named for a Roman division of southwestern Gaul to which Bordeaux {Burdigala, see planet (384)} bel |
| 396 | Aeolia | Named for the ancient country of northwestern Asia Minor near the Aegean Sea. Aeolus was the god of |
| 415 | Palatia | Named for the Pfalz, a region in southwestern Germany in which Heidelberg {see planet (325)} is sit |
| 417 | Suevia | Named for a Heidelberg student fraternity. (H 45) Named by A. Berberich (AN 156, 127 (1901)). |
| 418 | Alemannia | Named for a Heidelberg student fraternity. (H 45) Named by A. Berberich (AN 156, 127 (1901)). |
| 437 | Rhodia | Named for one of the Oceanid nymphs, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. (H 48) |
| 439 | Ohio | Named for the state in the eastern part of central U.S.A. and for the river flowing from the junctio |
| 442 | Eichsfeldia | Named for the region of Eichsfeld in central Germany. (AN 154, 443 (1901); LDS) Named by Rev. Anton |
| 460 | Scania | Named at the meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft in Lund, Sweden, in 1904. This is the Latin n |
| 479 | Caprera | Named by the discoverer (AN 173, 63 (1906)) for the island off the northeast coast of Sardinia. Capr |
| 556 | Phyllis | Named for the daughter of Lycurgus, king of Thrace. She fell in love with Demophon, son of Theseus, |
| 579 | Sidonia | Named for a character in the opera Armida (composed 1777) by the German composer Christoph Willibald |
| 669 | Kypria | Named after a poem, in early days ascribed to Homer {see planet (5700)} but denied to him by Herodo |
| 723 | Hammonia | The planet was named (AN 196, 139 (1913)) on the occasion of the 24th meeting of the Astronomische G |
| 774 | Armor | Armor or Armorica is the Celtic name of the Normandy and Brittany coastal regions in France. Brittan |
| 793 | Arizona | Named for the state in which the Lowell Observatory is located at Flagstaff {see planet (2118)}. (H |
| 797 | Montana | This is the first asteroid discovered at the Bergedorf Observatory and is named by this Latin word i |
| 912 | Maritima | Probably named during the first marine travel of Hamburg University. Before World War II, once a yea |
| 916 | America | Named for the American continent possibly in appreciation of the help rendered by the American Relie |
| 930 | Westphalia | Named by the discoverer for the region Westfalen in western Germany bordering the Netherlands and th |
| 934 | Thuringia | Thüringia was one of the ships of the Hamburg-America Line. The discoverer made two trips from Hambu |
| 980 | Anacostia | Named for an urban district in the city of Washington, D.C. and also for a river in the region. (H 9 |
| 1031 | Arctica | |
| 1044 | Teutonia | Named after the region, now in Denmark and Germany, that was once inhabited by the tribe of Teutons. |
| 1071 | Brita | Named by the discoverer in honor of Great Britain as a mark of gratitude to the country where the 1- |
| 1138 | Attica | Named after the region in eastern Greece with the capital Athens. (H 106) |
| 1160 | Illyria | Named for the ancient region in the Balkan peninsula bordering on the Adriatic Sea. (H 108) |
| 1188 | Gothlandia | This is the ancient name of Catalonia which has the city of Barcelona {see planet (945)} as the cap |
| 1193 | Africa | Named for the large continent in which Johannesburg is located. (H 111) |
| 1253 | Frisia | Named for the people that inhabit principally the Netherlands province of Friesland and the Friesian |
| 1256 | Normannia | This planet is probably named for the inhabitants of Normandy. (H 115) |
| 1309 | Hyperborea | Named for the region in Greek mythology which is the home of a group of people placed by Herodotus { |
| 1317 | Silvretta | Named for a peak (3282 m) and a lake in Graubünden, Swiss Alps. (H 120) |
| 1327 | Namaqua | Named after a coastal region in Namibia, southwest Africa. (H 121) |
| 1368 | Numidia | Named for the ancient country in northern Africa, east of Mauretania, in modern Algeria. (H 124) |
| 1426 | Riviera | Named for the southeast Mediterranean coast of France, noted for its mild weather, which favors the |
| 1537 | Transylvania | Named for the section of the old Hungarian empire in which the discoverer was born. |
| 1593 | Fagnes | Named after the “Plateau des Hautes Fagnes”, largest national park of Belgium. (M 3825) Name propose |
| 1602 | Indiana | Named in honor of the state of Indiana and Indiana University, the parent institution of the astrono |
| 1659 | Punkaharju | Named for a well-known and beautiful isthmus in southeastern Finland. (M 3933) |
| 1702 | Kalahari | Named for the great desert of Namibia {see planet (1718)} and adjoining region of the Republic of S |
| 1768 | Appenzella | Appenzella, named by the discoverer in honor of the Swiss Canton of Appenzell, on the occasion of th |
| 1817 | Katanga | Named for the chief mining area of the Congo. |
| 1883 | Rimito | Named for Rymattyla, a Finnish country commune near Turku, already inhabited in the bronze age. Com |
| 1917 | Cuyo | Named in honor of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, which operated the observatory at El Leoncito {s |
| 1921 | Pala | Named for the Indian reservation at the base of Palomar Mountain. The name is believed to apply to a |
| 1970 | Sumeria | Named in honor of one of the oldest known civilizations, located in the southernmost part of Mesopot |
| 2022 | West | Named in honor of Richard M. West, astronomer at the European Southern Observatory, well known as th |
| 2201 | Oljato | Named for the place of Moonlight Water near Monument Valley, Utah, on the Navajo Indian Reservation. |
| 2218 | Wotho | Named for an atoll in the Ralik Chain in the Pacific, perhaps an appropriate variation of (1282) Uto |
| 2236 | Austrasia | Named for the eastern kingdom of the Merovingian Franks from the sixth to the eighth centuries. Aus |
| 2321 | Luznice | Named for the small river running through the idyllic southern Bohemian countryside very close to th |
| 2330 | Ontake | Named for the conical volcano near the Kiso station. In October 1979, for the first time in its reco |
| 2336 | Xinjiang | Named for the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the largest Chinese region by area, situated at the |
| 2344 | Xizang | Named for the autonomous region, also known as Tibet, on the south-western border of China. |
| 2355 | Nei Monggol | Named for an autonomous region, also known as Inner Mongolia, on the northern border of China, noted |
| 2397 | Lappajarvi | Named for a lake, which proved to be a meteorite crater, in the western part of central Finland. (M |
| 2404 | Antarctica | Named for the southernmost continent, in honor of the third Soviet Antarctic Expedition, in which th |
| 2405 | Welch | Named in honor of David F. (“Kelly”) Welch, AURA Corporate Staff Executive from 1978 to 1983. He upg |
| 2425 | Shenzhen | Named for China’s first special economic zone, well known at home and abroad. It has often been refe |
| 2655 | Guangxi | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu is located in southwestern China. Its Guilin district is famous for its bea |
| 2690 | Ristiina | Named for a country commune in the lake district of southern Finland. In 1968 over sixty prehistoric |
| 2840 | Kallavesi | Named for a large lake, dotted with numerous islands, in south-central Finland. After the ice age th |
| 2961 | Katsurahama | Named for the beautiful seashore in the discoverer’s home city of Koc0hi {see planet (2396)} and on |
| 3111 | Misuzu | This planet is being given the former name of Nagano prefecture, where the Kiso Station {of the Toky |
| 3124 | Kansas | Named for the discoverer’s home state, which derives its name from that of the Kansa Indians who mig |
| 3198 | Wallonia | Named in honor of Wallonia, the French speaking part of Belgium, where the discoverer was born and w |
| 3319 | Kibi | This planet was given the former name of the area in Okayama {see planet (2084)} where co-discovere |
| 3386 | Klementinum | Named for the Jesuit college of St. Clemens in the Old Town of Prague. At the beginning of the eight |
| 3494 | Purple Mountain | Named in honor of the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO), established in 1934 in the eastern part of |
| 3776 | Vartiovuori | Named for the hill in Turku on which Argelander’s {see planet (1551)} old observatory was situated. |
| 3822 | Segovia | Named in memory of Andreas Segovia (1893–1987), considered by many to be the most celebrated guitari |
| 3829 | Gunma | Named for the prefecture in central Japan that is home to the discoverer. A public astronomical obs |
| 3833 | Calingasta | Named for the region of Argentina where the discovery site is located. The region has good astronomi |
| 4016 | Sambre | Named for a tributary of the river Meuse {see planet (3016)} in Namur {see planet (3374)}, site of |
| 4157 | Izu | Named for the southeastern part of Shizuoka prefecture that consists mainly of the Izu Peninsula. Wi |
| 4223 | Shikoku | |
| 4327 | Ries | Named for a large topographic basin in southern Germany formed by the impact of an extraterrestrial |
| 4383 | Suruga | Named for the district where the Gekko {see planet (4261)} Observatory is located. Suruga is the ol |
| 4399 | Ashizuri | Named for a famous promontory in the southwestern part of Shikoku {see planet (4223)} island. Many |
| 4410 | Kamuimintara | Kamuimintara is the name given by the Ainu, Hokkaido’s indigenous people, to Hokkaido’s highest peak |
| 4433 | Goldstone | Named for the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in Southern California’s Mojave Desert. Go |
| 4547 | Massachusetts | Named for the U.S. state in which the Minor Planet Center is located. In 1876, the Sapporo School of |
| 4584 | Akan | Named for an extensive national park in eastern Hokkaido {see planet (3720)}. Designated a national |
| 4611 | Vulkaneifel | Named in honor of the landscape and people of a region to the southwest of Bonn. The landscape of th |
| 4929 | Yamatai | Named for a region of ancient Japan. According to a Wei-dynasty Chinese historical book, there were |
| 5059 | Saroma | Named for a lake in Abashiri {see planet (4263)} National Park in eastern Hokkaido {see planet (37 |
| 5082 | Nihonsyoki | Named for the chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to 697, written in Chinese and completed i |
| 5135 | Nibutani | Named for a valley sacred to the indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido. Name suggested by H. Ueda. |
| 5162 | Piemonte | Named for the northwestern region of Italy. Its capital, Torino, houses a historic university famous |
| 5401 | Minamioda | Named for the Minami-Oda district, inhabitants of which cooperated in establishing the observatory i |
| 5473 | Yamanashi | Named for the prefecture in which Yatsugatake South Base Observatory and many other amateur astronom |
| 5478 | Wartburg | Named for a castle on a hill near the town of Eisenach, a jewel of the German territories, earlier t |
| 5609 | Stroncone | Named for the suburb where the Santa Lucia observatory is based. The name Stroncone is thought to co |
| 5618 | Saitama | Named for the Japanese prefecture. |
| 5628 | Preussen | Named for the former kingdom and German state of Prussia and for the so-called Prussian virtues of s |
| 5820 | Babelsberg | Named for a residential district of the city of Potsdam {see planet (5816)}, known as the summer re |
| 5835 | Mainfranken | Named for the German district of Franken in the northern part of Bavaria, marked by the Main river t |
| 5866 | Sachsen | Named for the state of Sachsen, the richest German region in the 15th and 16th centuries. The zenith |
| 5904 | Wurttemberg | Named for a region in southwestern Germany that includes both parts of the Schwarzwald, the Schwäb i |
| 5970 | Ohdohrikouen | Named for a belt-shaped park, 105 m wide and 1.6 km long, that runs east-west through the center of |
| 6024 | Ochanomizu | Named for the area in Tokyo that includes Kanda-Surugadai and Yushima. The name means ‘water of tea’ |
| 6070 | Rheinland | The name “Rheinland” strictly speaking denotes the territory on both sides of the river Rhine from t |
| 6088 | Hoshigakubo | The name refers to a section of low ground at Choja, a mountainous place in the western part of Koch |
| 6099 | Saarland | Named for the German state of Saarland, a district of beautiful landscapes situated in the middle co |
| 6209 | Schwaben | Schwaben was a German dukedom, in 1079 passing over to the Swabian race of the Staufer. From 1138 to |
| 6229 | Tursachan | The name is “Standing Stones” in Gaelic, a term used to refer to the stones placed during neolithic |
| 6293 | Oberpfalz | Oberpfalz is a governmental district in Bavaria on the river Danube. In the Middle Ages its capital, |
| 6396 | Schleswig | Schleswig, formerly an independent dukedom, is the most northern territory of Germany, situated betw |
| 6402 | Holstein | Holstein, the southern part of the German state Schleswig-Holstein {see also planet (6396)}, develo |
| 6563 | Steinheim | Named for the impact crater in southwestern Germany, 10 km west of the town of Heidenheim on the riv |
| 7039 | Yamagata | Named for one of the six prefectures in the Tohoku (northeast) district in Japan, its capital being |
| 7199 | Brianza | Named for the area located among the cities of Milan, Como and Lecco. The name is thought to be deri |
| 7438 | Misakatouge | Named for a pass, 720 meters above sea level, in the north of the town of Kuma {see planet (6255)}, |
| 7498 | Blanik | Named for a hill in central Bohemia located about 50 km southeast of Prague. According to myth, ther |
| 12501 | Nord | Ashley Lynne Nord (b. 1985) is a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fa |