nr ↓ | name ↓ | Name Source ↓ |
63 | Ausonia | Named for a part or all of Italy after its king Auson, a son of Odysseus {see planet (1143)} and Ka |
136 | Austria | Named by the discoverer in honor of his native country. This was the first (of a total of 121) numbe |
148 | Gallia | Named in honor of the discoverer’s home country. Gallia is the Latin name for France. (H 19) |
232 | Russia | Named after the former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia which is nearly coextensive with t |
327 | Columbia | Named in honor of Christopher Columbus (1446?–1506) to commemorate the 400th anniversary of his firs |
329 | Svea | This name is an allusion to Sweden. The discoverer has made studies in Sweden in 1889. (H 37) |
371 | Bohemia | Named for the region which today lies in western Czechoslovakia. With Moravia and Silesia {see plane |
374 | Burgundia | Named for the former kingdom, duchy and province in eastern France. (H 41) See also the remarks to p |
416 | Vaticana | Named for a hill near the city of Rome. It is now part of the Vatican City State. (H 45) |
434 | Hungaria | This is the Latin name for Hungary. The planet was named in remembrance of an astronomical meeting a |
469 | Argentina | Named by the discoverer, who was at that time in Oncativo, Argentina, for the country in South Ameri |
477 | Italia | Named by the discoverer in honor of his native country. (P. Sicoli) See also the remarks to planets |
589 | Croatia | Named for the region in southeast Europe which was a part of Yugoslavia and, since 1991, is an indep |
631 | Philippina | Named in honor of Philipp Kessler, a friend of the discoverer, on the occasion of his engagement. (H |
712 | Boliviana | Named in honor of Simon Bolivar (1783–1830), the liberator of South America. (H 72) Name proposed by |
727 | Nipponia | Named after the country of Japan where this planet was discovered accidently (by Hirayama, Tokyo) tw |
745 | Mauritia | Named by the discoverer after the patron St. Mauritius of a church of Wiesbaden {see planet (717)}, |
780 | Armenia | Named for the region in western Asia southeast of the Black sea and southwest of the Caspian sea. Th |
804 | Hispania | This is the Latin name of Spain. Hispania is the first planet discovered in this country. (H 80) |
858 | El Djezair | This is the Arabian name for the city of Algiers which means “the islands”. (H 84) This is the first |
916 | America | Named for the American continent possibly in appreciation of the help rendered by the American Relie |
1052 | Belgica | Named in honor of the state of Belgium. This is the first minor planet to be discovered in Uccle {se |
1112 | Polonia | Named for the country of Poland. Polonia is the Latin name. (H 104) Named in accordance with the dis |
1125 | China | Named for the country in which this planet was discovered. (M 13179) See also the citation for minor |
1132 | Hollandia | This is the Latin name for Holland, a synonymous name for the Netherlands. (H 106) Named by the disc |
1157 | Arabia | Named for the peninsula in southwest Asia. (H 108) |
1197 | Rhodesia | Named after the country in southern Africa which now has the name Zimbabwe. (H 111) |
1213 | Algeria | Named for the country in North Africa and its capital city Algiers in which this planet was discover |
1242 | Zambesia | The name applies to the former British territories in the Zambezi Basin, southern Africa. (H 114) |
1278 | Kenya | Named for the country in eastern Africa. (H 117) |
1279 | Uganda | Named for the country in central Africa, north of Lake Victoria. (H 117) |
1284 | Latvia | Named for the country of Latvia. Since 1991 Latvia again is an independent state. (H 118) Name propo |
1336 | Zeelandia | Named for a province in southwestern Netherlands. (H 121) |
1349 | Bechuana | Named for the region south of the Molopo river which became a province of the Union of South Africa |
1351 | Uzbekistania | Named in honor of the {former{ Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, where the discoverer resided during |
1430 | Somalia | Named for the state in the northeast of Africa. |
1432 | Ethiopia | Ancient name of Abyssinia; still called the empire of Ethiopia. (M 909) |
1452 | Hunnia | Named in honor of the Hungarian nation. |
1453 | Fennia | This is the Latin word for the country of Finland. (H 130) |
1541 | Estonia | Named in honor of the country south of Finland, formerly populated by the Finno-Ugric tribe of Estho |
1554 | Yugoslavia | Named by the discoverer in honor of his country, which has been defended by martyrs during two World |
1564 | Srbija | The name has been given at the request of Prof. V. V. Michkovitch {see planet (2348)} in honor of t |
1638 | Ruanda | Named for the state of Ruanda-Urundi. |
1656 | Suomi | The name of this Hungaria-type minor planet, like that of (1453) Fennia, honors the country in which |
1709 | Ukraina | The planet is named for the {former} Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. (M 2740) Name proposed by |
1712 | Angola | Named for the state on the southwestern coast of Africa. |
1718 | Namibia | Named for the African country, where the discoverer worked for many years, teaching the children of |
1807 | Slovakia | Named in honor of one of the two socialistic republics of Czechoslovakia {see planet (2315)}, the c |
1816 | Liberia | Named for the state on the western coast of Africa. |
2117 | Danmark | Named in honor of the native country of the discoverer. (M 4787) |
2169 | Taiwan | Named for an insular province of China. |
2170 | Byelorussia | Named for one of the Soviet Socialist Republics. |
2178 | Kazakhstania | Named for one of the Soviet Socialist Republics. |
2287 | Kalmykia | Named for one of the autonomous republics of the R.S.F.S.R. |
2297 | Daghestan | Named for one of the autonomous republics of the R.S.F.S.R. |
2315 | Czechoslovakia | Named in honor of the discoverer's country, renowned for its research activity on minor planets, com |
2419 | Moldavia | Named for the {former} Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. (M 7471) |
2469 | Tadjikistan | Named for the {former} Tadjik Soviet Socialist Republic. (M 6650) |
2566 | Kirghizia | Named for the {former} Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic. (M 7472) |
2575 | Bulgaria | Named for the People’s Republic of Bulgaria. (M 8912) |
2577 | Litva | Named for the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, since 1991 the independent state of Lithuania. ( |
2584 | Turkmenia | Named for the {former} Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. (M 7472) |
2607 | Yakutia | Named for the {former} Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. (M 7473) |
2657 | Bashkiria | Named for the {former} Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. (M 7473) |
2668 | Tataria | Named for the {former} Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. (M 7473) |
2671 | Abkhazia | Named for the {former} Abkhazian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. (M 7474) |
2698 | Azerbajdzhan | Named forthe {former} Azerbajdzhan Soviet Socialist Republic. (M 7474) |
2713 | Luxembourg | Named for the country in western Europe. (M 12209) |
3789 | Zhongguo | This minor planet, originally intended to be (1125) China, was accidentally usurped from that number |
3933 | Portugal | Named in honor of the European country whose famous navigators studied the skies with great skill an |
4636 | Chile | Named for the beautiful South American country in which the European Southern Observatory is located |
5029 | Ireland | Named in honor of Ireland, known poetically as Erin or Hibernia, to celebrate a year of anniversarie |
5576 | Albanese | Named in honor of Dominique Albanese, photographer and observer at the Schmidt telescope of the Obse |
7507 | Israel | Named in honor of Frank P. Israel (1946– ), Dutch astronomer in Leiden, on the occasion of his 51st |
10727 | Akitsushima | Akitsushima ia an old name for Japan, used by the first emperor Jinmu, looking from the top of a mou |
10792 | Ecuador | Ecuador, on the west coast of South America and on the equator, is a country containing an immense v |
10797 | Guatemala | Guatemala is a country on the western Pacific Coast of the Central American isthmus. Mountain range |
10797 | Guatemala | Guatemala is a country on the western Pacific Coast of the Central American isthmus. Mountain range |
10797 | Guatemala | Guatemala is a country on the western Pacific Coast of the Central American isthmus. Mountain range |
10797 | Guatemala | Guatemala is a country on the western Pacific Coast of the Central American isthmus. Mountain range |
10806 | Mexico | Mexico is a country in the southern part of North America. Much of it is high plateau cradled by th |
10866 | Peru | Peru, on the west coast of South America, is dominated by the great Andes mountain ranges, and it ex |
11055 | Honduras | Honduras, in the northern part of the Central American isthmus, is a country of rugged mountains and |
11094 | Cuba | Cuba is an island state in the Caribbean Sea, consisting of one large island and numerous smaller is |
11871 | Norge | Norge (Norway) is a nation in northern Europe, well known for its beautiful coast. Two-thirds of th |
110299 | Iceland | Iceland is a volcanically and geologically active island in the North Atlantic Ocean. With an area o |
386622 | New Zealand | New Zealand is a country comprising two main islands, and numerous smaller islands, situated in the |