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| 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 |