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| 64 | Angelina | Named in remembrance of the astronomical station of Baron F. X. von Zach (1754–1832) {see planet (9 |
| 614 | Pia | Named probably after the Pia Observatory at Trieste, Italy, which was named by the astronomer Kriege |
| 990 | Yerkes | Named by the discoverer for the observatory where this planet was discovered. It was the first plane |
| 1259 | Ogyalla | Named for the Hungarian seismological, meteorological and astronomical observatory. (H 116) |
| 1585 | Union | Named in honor of the Union Observatory at Johannesburg. (M 941) |
| 1700 | Zvezdara | The Serbian word for Observatory, this is the name of the section of the city of Belgrade in which t |
| 1725 | CrAO | The name is an abbreviation for the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, which succeeded the Simeis Ob |
| 1775 | Zimmerwald | The charming village that harbours the new observing station, seven miles south of Berne {see planet |
| 1921 | Pala | Named for the Indian reservation at the base of Palomar Mountain. The name is believed to apply to a |
| 2118 | Flagstaff | Named for the city of Flagstaff, Arizona, where Percival Lowell founded the Lowell Observatory in 18 |
| 2187 | La Silla | Named for the mountain in the Chilean Atacama desert on the top of which the European Southern Obser |
| 2311 | El Leoncito | Named for the observing station at which this minor planet was discovered. (M 8153) |
| 2343 | Siding Spring | Named for the New South Wales community in which the Australian National Observatory, Anglo-Australi |
| 2571 | Geisei | Named for the location of the discoverer’s observatory, some 35 km to the east of the city of Kochi |
| 2619 | Skalnate Pleso | Named for the observatory in the Tatra mountains of Slovakia {see planet (1807)}. A remarkably succ |
| 2619 | Skalnate Pleso | Named for the observatory in the Tatra mountains of Slovakia {see planet (1807)}. A remarkably succ |
| 3033 | Holbaek | Named in honor of the town nearest to the Brorfelde {see planet (3309)} Observatory on the occasion |
| 3083 | OAFA | Named in honor of the Observatorio Astronomico Felix Aguilar {see also planet (1800)}, established |
| 3140 | Stellafane | Named for the regional telescope maker’s annual meeting in Vermont that has become recognized worldw |
| 3168 | Lomnicky Stit | Named for the meteorological and solar observatory in the High Tatras, where the discoverer worked f |
| 3494 | Purple Mountain | Named in honor of the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO), established in 1934 in the eastern part of |
| 3641 | Williams Bay | Named for the village where the Yerkes Observatory is situated and where this minor planet was disco |
| 3728 | IRAS | Named for the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), a joint U.S.-Netherlands-U.K. spaceborne all-s |
| 3953 | Perth | Named for the Perth Observatory in recognition of its many notable contributions to astronomy. These |
| 4128 | UKSTU | Named after the U.K. Schmidt Telescope Unit at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the 1.2-m U.K. Sc |
| 4261 | Gekko | Named for the observatory at which this minor planet was discovered. The name means “moonlight”. Fou |
| 4299 | WIYN | Named for the WIYN telescope, located at the Kitt Peak National Observatory. This 3.5-m telescope is |
| 4383 | Suruga | Named for the district where the Gekko {see planet (4261)} Observatory is located. Suruga is the ol |
| 4403 | Kuniharu | Named for a sister observatory that also belongs to the International Foundation for Cultural Harmon |
| 4733 | ORO | Named in honor of the Oak Ridge Observatory, established in Harvard, Massachusetts, by the Harvard C |
| 4808 | Ballaero | Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation has contributed to the scientific investigation of minor p |
| 5142 | Okutama | Named for the observatory at which this minor planet was discovered. Okutama is located to the west |
| 5369 | Virgiugum | Latinization of Jungfraujoch, at 3572 m, the site of the highest astronomical observatory in the Swi |
| 6645 | Arcetri | Named for the Florence Observatory, moved in 1872 from the center of the city to Arcetri, near the h |
| 7158 | IRTF | The 3-meter NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) began operation on Mauna Kea in 1979. The IRTF |
| 8039 | Grandprism | The Grand Prism Objectiv-40cm astrograph (GPO), used without prism, has served for many years |
| 8210 | NANTEN | NANTEN, a 4-meter telescope for millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths, is operated by Nagoya Univ |
| 9090 | Chirotenmondai | Named for Chiro Astronomical Observatory (Chiro tenmondai) in Western Australia. Founded in 1995 b |
| 9497 | Dwingeloo | The Dwingeloo 25-m radio telescope in The Netherlands supported investigations of the 21-cm emission |
| 9498 | Westerbork | The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope in The Netherlands, dedicated in 1970, has excelled in stud |
| 9996 | ANS | The Astronomical Netherlands Satellite (ANS) was launched on 1974 Aug. 30 as the first Dutch satelli |
| 9997 | COBE | The American Cosmic Background Explorer COBE was launched 1989 Nov. 18 and helped to answer basic qu |
| 10168 | Stony Ridge | Named in honor and memory of the gifted and talented amateur astronomers who founded Stony Ridge Obs |
| 10476 | Los Molinos | Los Molinos is the astronomical observatory located north of Montevideo, Uruguay (MPC code 844), act |
| 10502 | Armaghobs | Armagh Observatory, founded in 1790 by Archbishop Richard Robinson, is a modern astronomical researc |
| 12053 | Turtlestar | The Turtle Star Observatory, located in Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany, contributed follow-up observations fo |
| 12574 | LONEOS | LONEOS, the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search, looks for and has discovered many minor pla |
| 12634 | LOFAR | LOFAR (LOw-Frequency ARray), a novel radio telescope, proposed by Leiden astronomer George Miley and |
| 13830 | ARLT | The ARLT (Automatic Radio-Linked Telescope), a 0.44-m f/4.5 Newtonian located 40 km from Silver City |
| 13995 | Tõravere | Tõravere is a small village close to the Tartu Observatory. |
| 14724 | SNO | The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) is a sensitive detector built under about 2 km of rock in a m |
| 14872 | Hoher List | The Observatory of Hoher List, in the Ardennes near Daun (Eifel), was established in 1957 by the Uni |
| 15249 | Capodimonte | Capodimonte is the name of the astronomical observatory near Naples that was inaugurated in early No |
| 16711 | Ka-Dar | The astronomical observatory of Ka-Dar scientific center is the first private observatory in Russia |
| 17567 | Hoshinoyakata | Hoshi-no-Yakata is a public astronomical observatory in Kasuga city, Fukuoka, Japan. It was re-est |
| 18623 | Pises | The Pises observatory, which was inaugurated in 1991, is located in the South of France. It is the |
| 20488 | Pic-du-Midi | The Pic-du-Midi Observatory was founded in the Pyrénées in the south of France in 1881. At an eleva |
| 21523 | GONG | The Global Oscillation Network Group operates solar telescopes in California, Hawaii, Australia, Ind |
| 23989 | Farpoint | Farpoint Observatory was constructed near the towns of Harveyville and Eskridge, Kansas. Finished i |
| 24948 | Babote | The Babote tower, the former astronomical observatory at Montpellier, is now the meeting place of th |
| 25129 | Uranoscope | Uranoscope is a French amateur observatory, created in 1983 by Christian Bourdeille in Gretz Armainv |
| 37391 | Ebre | Ebre Observatory, taking its name from a nearby river, was founded by the Jesuits in 1904 in Roquete |
| 64070 | NEAT | The Near Earth Asteroid Tracking program, a joint-venture of the U.S. Air Force and the Jet Propulsi |
| 75569 | IRSOL | The Institute IRSOL (Istituto Ricerche Solari), located in Locarno, is a leading observatory in the |
| 77870 | MOTESS | The Moving Object and Transient Event Search System, located in Tucson, Arizona, consists of three i |
| 78756 | Sloan | The Sloan Digital Sky Survey used a dedicated 2.5-m telescope to image more than a quarter of the ce |
| 83360 | Catalina | The Catalina Sky Survey, which began operations in Apr. 1998, is a Near-Earth Object Search program |
| 84566 | VIMS | The Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) on board the Cassini spacecraft has studied the |
| 90022 | Apache Point | The Apache Point Observatory, owned and operated by the Astrophysical Research Consortium, is the si |
| 99193 | Obsfabra | Inaugurated on 1904 Apr. 7, the Fabra Observatory in Barcelona has been known for its work in astron |
| 100483 | NAOJ | NAOJ is the acronym for the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, which was established in 198 |
| 125592 | Buthiers | The Buthiers Observatory was established in the forest of Fontainebleau in 2000 under the auspices o |
| 189202 | Calar Alto | The Calar Alto Observatory is located in the Sierra de los Filabres in Andalusia, southern Spain. W |
| 196481 | VATT | The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) is the result of a collaboration between the Vatica |
| 202806 | Sierrastars | Sierra Stars Observatory, located in Markleeville, California, has been operated by Rich and Kathy F |
| 217603 | Grove Creek | Grove Creek Observatory is a professional research facility located at Trunkey Creek, New South Wale |
| 221769 | Cima Rest | The Cima Rest Observatory is situated in Magasa in a nice and isolated area of the Italian Alps, at |
| 383417 | DAO | Named for the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory of the National Research Council of Canada. |