Minor Planet Discovery Sites

The following table lists the total number of discoveries made at each of the most prolific discovery sites, arranged in decreasing order of number of discoveries.


 Rank Discoveries     Between    Site name

    1 94803          1980-2008   Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico
    2 15632          1981-2008   Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak-Spacewatch
    3 11449          1998-2008   Lowell Observatory-LONEOS
    4 11341          1999-2007   Palomar Mountain/NEAT
    5  6420          1949-2007   Palomar Mountain
    6  5374          1976-2005   European Southern Observatory, La Silla
    7  4683          1995-2005   Haleakala-AMOS
    8  4633          1998-2008   Catalina Sky Survey
    9  2420          1991-2002   Oizumi 
   10  1713          1975-2007   Siding Spring Observatory
   11  1351          1995-2001   Visnjan
   12  1285          1966-1992   Crimea-Nauchnij
   13  1179          1982-2002   Peking Observatory, Xinglong Station
   14  1028          2001-2005   Desert Eagle Observatory 
   15   962          2001-2008   LPL/Spacewatch II
   16   857          1977-2002   Klet Observatory, Ceske Budejovice
   17   821          1891-1959   Heidelberg-Konigstuhl
   18   806          1996-1999   Caussols-ODAS
   19   723          1987-2000   Kushiro 
   20   698          1973-2000   Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station
   21   655          1987-2006   Kitami 
   22   628          1997-2007   Reedy Creek 
   23   574          1994-2003   Ondrejov
   24   554          1995-2002   Prescott
   25   533          1961-1995   Karl Schwarzschild Observatory, Tautenburg
   26   529          1995-1999   Haleakala-NEAT/GEODSS
   27   465          1999-2003   Fountain Hills 
   28   442          1996-2005   Campo Imperatore-CINEOS
   29   354          1996-2006   Goodricke-Pigott Observatory, Tucson 
   30   318          1993-2000   Nachi-Katsuura Observatory
   31   273          1978-1996   Caussols
   32   239          1978-2006   Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena
   33   236          1997-2007   Crni Vrh 
   34   232          1925-2005   Uccle
        232          2000-2001   Desert Beaver Observatory 
   36   223          1981-1998   Geisei 
   37   219          1994-2006   San Marcello Pistoiese 
   38   199          1935-1953   Turku 
   39   193          1995-2007   Bergisch Gladbach 
   40   192          1997-1999   Woomera 
   41   183          1998-2007   Farpoint Observatory, Eskridge 
   42   174          1993-2002   Farra d'Isonzo
   43   173          1987-2000   Gekko 
   44   172          1982-2006   Kitt Peak
   45   164          1988-1999   Nihondaira Observatory 
   46   149          1975-2004   Uppsala-Kvistaberg
        149          1912-2001   Crimea-Simeis
        149          1991-1997   Kiyosato 
   49   148          1955-1983   Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanking
   50   147          1911-1953   Johannesburg

This list was last updated on 2008 Apr. 21.


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