List of asteroids named after places
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This is a list of asteroids named after places, organized by continent.
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[edit] Africa
[edit] Countries of Africa
- 1197 Rhodesia (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe)
- 1213 Algeria (Algeria)
- 1278 Kenya (Kenya)
- 1279 Uganda (Uganda)
- 1432 Ethiopia (Ethiopia)
- 1638 Ruanda (Rwanda)
- 1718 Namibia (Namibia)
- 1816 Liberia (Liberia)
[edit] Cities of Africa
[edit] Asia
[edit] Japan
- 498 Tokio (Tokyo)
- 1584 Fuji (Mount Fuji)
- 2084 Okayama (Okayama)
- 2247 Hiroshima (Hiroshima)
- 3319 Kibi (Kibi)
- 3380 Awaji (Awaji)
- 3720 Hokkaido (Hokkaidō)
- 4157 Izu (Izu)
- 4578 Kurashiki (Kurashiki)
- 4790 Nagasaki (Nagasaki)
- 5618 Saitama (Saitama)
- 5881 Akashi (Akashi)
- 5908 Nagoya (Nagoya)
- 6218 Mizushima (Mizushima)
- 6255 Kuma (Kumakogen)
- 6879 Hyogo (Hyōgo)
- 7253 Nara (Nara)
- 8120 Kobe (Kobe)
- 8892 Kakogawa (Kakogawa)
- 9782 Edo (Edo)
- 10159 Tokara (Tokara)
- 10163 Onomichi (Onomichi)
- 17286 Bisei (Bisei)
- 20625 Noto (Noto)
- 48736 Ehime (Ehime)
[edit] China
- 1125 China (China)
- 2045 Peking (Beijing)
- 2077 Kiangsu (Jiangsu)
- 2078 Nanking (Nanjing)
- 2085 Henan (Henan)
- 2162 Anhui (Anhui)
- 2184 Fujian (Fujian)
- 2185 Guangdong (Guangdong)
- 2197 Shanghai (Shanghai)
- 2209 Tianjin (Tianjin)
- 2215 Sichuan (Sichuan)
- 2230 Yunnan (Yunnan)
- 2255 Qinghai (Qinghai)
- 2263 Shaanxi (Shaanxi)
- 2336 Xinjiang (Xinjiang)
- 2344 Xizang (Xizang)
- 2355 Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolia)
- 2380 Heilongjiang (Heilongjiang)
- 2387 Xi'an (Xi'an)
- 2398 Jilin (Jilin)
- 2425 Shenzhen (Shenzhen)
- 2503 Liaoning (Liaoning)
- 2505 Hebei (Hebei)
- 2510 Shandong (Shandong)
- 2514 Taiyuan (Taiyuan)
- 2515 Gansu (Gansu)
- 2539 Ningxia (Ningxia)
- 2547 Hubei (Hubei)
- 2592 Hunan (Hunan)
- 2617 Jiangxi (Jiangxi)
- 2631 Zhejiang (Zhejiang)
- 2632 Guizhou (Guizhou)
- 2655 Guangxi (Guangxi)
- 2693 Yan'an (Yan'an)
- 2719 Suzhou (Suzhou)
- 2729 Urumqi (Urumqi)
- 2743 Chengdu (Chengdu)
- 2778 Tangshan (Tangshan)
- 2789 Foshan (Foshan)
- 2851 Harbin (Harbin)
- 2903 Zhuhai (Zhuhai)
- 3011 Chongqing (Chongqing)
- 3024 Hainan (Hainan)
- 3048 Guangzhou (Guangzhou)
- 3051 Nantong (Nantong)
- 3088 Jinxiuzhonghua (Splendid China, themed park in Shenzhen)
- 3136 Anshan (Anshan)
- 3139 Shantou (Shantou)
- 3187 Dalian (Dalian)
- 3206 Wuhan (Wuhan)
- 3239 Meizhou (Meizhou)
- 3297 Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- 3335 Quanzhou (Quanzhou)
- 3494 Purple Mountain (Purple Mountain Observatory)
- 3613 Kunlun (Kunlun Mountains)
- 3650 Kunming (Kunming)
- 3729 Yangzhou (Yangzhou)
- 4273 Dunhuang (Dunhuang)
- 7859 Lhasa (Lhasa)
- 8423 Macao (Macau)
- 12418 Tongling (Anhui)
[edit] Korea
[edit] Russia and the former Soviet Union (Asia)
- 780 Armenia (Armenia)
- 1094 Siberia (Siberia, Russia)
- 2140 Kemerovo (Kemerovo, Russian SFSR, now Russia)
- 2297 Daghestan (Daghestan, Russia)
- 2566 Kirghizia (Kirghiz SSR, now Kyrgyzstan)
- 2584 Turkmenia (Turkmen SSR, now Turkmenistan)
- 2698 Azerbajdzhan (Azerbaijan)
- 2700 Baikonur (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan)
- 5471 Tunguska (Tunguska, Russia)
[edit] Europe
- 257 Silesia (Silesia)
- 1381 Danubia (River Danube)
- 1391 Carelia (Karelia)
- 3933 Portugal (Portugal)
- 7671 Albis (Latin name for the Elbe)
- 8020 Erzgebirge (German name for the Ore Mountains)
- 22618 Silva Nortica (Silva Nortica, a region at the border of Austria and the Czech Republic)
[edit] Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
- 1284 Latvia (Latvia)
- 1541 Estonia (Estonia)
- 1796 Riga (Riga, Latvia)
- 2577 Lietuva (Lithuania)
- 3072 Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania)
- 4163 Saaremaa (Saaremaa, Estonia)
- 4227 Kaali (Kaali crater, Estonia)
- 23617 Duna (Riga, Latvia)
- 24709 Mitau (Jelgava, Latvia)
- 24794 Kurland (Courland, Latvia)
- 73059 Kaunas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
[edit] Czech Republic
- 290 Bruna (Latin name for Brno)
- 371 Bohemia (Bohemia)
- 1901 Moravia (Moravia)
- 1942 Jablunka (Jablunka)
- 2080 Jihlava (Jihlava)
- 2081 Sázava (Sázava River)
- 2123 Vltava (Vltava River)
- 2199 Kleť (Kleť, a hill and its observatory, place of discovery)
- 2321 Lužnice (Lužnice River)
- 2337 Boubín (Boubín, a hill)
- 2367 Praha (Prague)
- 2390 Nežárka (Nežárka River)
- 2403 Šumava (Šumava)
- 2524 Budovicium (Latin name for České Budějovice)
- 2599 Veselí (Veselí)
- 2613 Plzeň (Plzeň)
- 2672 Písek (Písek)
- 2747 Český Krumlov (Český Krumlov)
- 2811 Střemchoví (Střemchoví, birthplace of discoverer)
- 2889 Brno (Brno)
- 3137 Horky (Horký, a hill)
- 3735 Třeboň (Třeboň)
- 4054 Turnov (Turnov)
- 4249 Křemže (Křemže)
- 4277 Holubov (Holubov)
- 2889 Třísov (Třísov)
- 4405 Otava (Otava River)
- 4408 Zlatá Koruna (Zlatá Koruna)
- 4610 Kájov (Kájov)
- 4610 Kájov (Kájov)
- 4698 Jizera (Jizera River)
- 4702 Berounka (Berounka River)
- 4801 Ohře (Ohře River)
- 4823 Libenice (Libenice)
- 4824 Stradonice (Stradonice)
- 5894 Telč (Telč)
- 6060 Doudleby (Doudleby)
- 6064 Holašovice (Holašovice)
- 6802 Černovice (Černovice)
- 7118 Kuklov (Kuklov)
- 7204 Ondřejov (Ondřejov)
- 7440 Závist (Závist)
- 7498 Blaník (Blaník, a hill)
- 7532 Pelhřimov (Pelhřimov)
- 7669 Malše (Malše River)
- 7694 Krasetín (Krasetín)
- 7711 Říp (Říp Mountain)
- 8554 Gabreta (ancient name for Bohemian Forest)
- 9711 Želetava (Želetava)
- 9884 Příbram (Příbram)
- 11128 Ostravia (Latin name for Ostrava)
- 11134 České Budějovice (České Budějovice)
- 11163 Milešovka (Milešovka, a mountain)
- 11167 Kunžak (Kunžak)
- 11339 Orlík (Orlík a castle and a dam)
- 11656 Lipno (Lipno Dam)
- 12406 Zvíkov (Zvíkov Castle)
- 12468 Zachotín (Zachotín)
- 12833 Kamenný Újezd (Kamenný Újezd)
- 13804 Hrazany (Hrazany)
- 14537 Týn nad Vltavou (Týn nad Vltavou)
- 14974 Počátky (Počátky)
- 15890 Prachatice (Prachatice)
- 15960 Hluboká (Hluboká nad Vltavou, a castle)
- 16801 Petřínpragensis (Petřín, a hill in Prague)
- 17600 Dobřichovice (Dobřichovice)
- 17607 Táborsko (Táborsko, Czech district)
- 18497 Nevězice (Nevězice)
- 18531 Strakonice (Strakonice)
- 20254 Úpice (Úpice)
- 20964 Mons Naklethi (old name of the hill Kleť)
- 21257 Jižní Čechy (Jižní Čechy, English: South Bohemia, a Czech Republic region)
- 21290 Vydra (Vydra River)
- 21873 Jindřichůvhradec (Jindřichův Hradec)
- 22450 Nové Hrady (Nové Hrady)
- 24837 Mšecké Žehrovice (Mšecké Žehrovice)
- 24838 Abilunon (Abilunon, nowadays non-existing ancient town)
- 26328 Litomyšl (Litomyšl)
- 26971 Sezimovo Ústí (Sezimovo Ústí)
- 27079 Vsetín (Vsetín)
- 27088 Valmez (Valašské Meziříčí)
- 30564 Olomouc (Olomouc)
- 131323 Lysá hora (Lysá hora, a mountain)
- 31650 Frýdek-Místek (Frýdek-Místek)
- 31232 Slavonice (Slavonice)
- 31238 Kroměříž (Kroměříž)
- 40206 Lhenice (Lhenice)
- 43954 Chýnov (Chýnov)
- 47294 Blanský les (Blanský les, highlands)
- 49448 Macocha (Macocha Gorge)
- 61208 Stonařov (Stonařov)
- 68779 Schöninger (old name for the hill Kleť)
- 159743 Kluk (Kluk, a hill)
[edit] Eastern Europe
- 434 Hungaria (Hungary)
- 589 Croatia (Croatia)
- 690 Wratislavia (Wrocław, Poland)
- 1160 Illyria (Illyria, Croatia)
- 1537 Transylvania (Transylvania, Romania)
- 1989 Tatry (Tatra Mountains)
- 2315 Czechoslovakia (Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
- 2575 Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
- 9674 Slovenija (Slovenia)
- 13121 Tisza (Tisza River)
- 38674 Těšínsko (Těšínsko, a region in south-eastern Silesia, nowadays in the Czech Republic and Poland)
[edit] Finland
- 1460 Haltia (Halti)
- 1471 Tornio (Tornio)
- 1472 Muonio (Muonio)
- 1473 Ounas (Ounastunturi)
- 1488 Aura (Aura river)
- 1494 Savo (Savonia)
- 1495 Helsinki (Helsinki)
- 1496 Turku (Turku)
- 1497 Tampere (Tampere)
- 1498 Lahti (Lahti)
- 1499 Pori (Pori)
- 1500 Jyväskylä (Jyväskylä)
- 1503 Kuopio (Kuopio)
- 1504 Lappeenranta (Lappeenranta)
- 1507 Vaasa (Vaasa)
- 1518 Rovaniemi (Rovaniemi)
- 1519 Kajaani (Kajaani)
- 1520 Imatra (Imatra)
- 1521 Seinäjoki (Seinäjoki)
- 1522 Kokkola (Kokkola)
- 1523 Pieksämäki (Pieksämäki)
- 1524 Joensuu (Joensuu)
- 1525 Savonlinna (Savonlinna)
- 1526 Mikkeli (Mikkeli)
- 1532 Inari (Lake Inari)
- 1533 Saimaa (Saimaa)
- 1534 Näsi (Näsijärvi)
- 1535 Päijänne (Lake Päijänne)
- 1536 Pielinen (Pielinen)
- 1656 Suomi (Finland)
- 1659 Punkaharju (Punkaharju)
- 1757 Porvoo (Porvoo)
- 1758 Naantali (Naantali)
- 1882 Rauma (Rauma)
- 1883 Rimito (Rimito)
- 1928 Summa (Summa)
- 1929 Kollaa (Kollaa)
- 2291 Kevo (Kevo)
- 2292 Seili (Seili)
- 2299 Hanko (Hanko)
- 2397 Lappajärvi (Lappajärvi)
- 2479 Sodankylä (Sodankylä)
- 2501 Lohja (Lohja)
- 2512 Tavastia (Tavastia)
- 2535 Hämeenlinna (Hämeenlinna)
- 2678 Aavasaksa (Aavasaksa)
- 2679 Kittisvaara (Kittisvaara)
- 2733 Hamina (Hamina)
- 2737 Kotka (Kotka)
- 2750 Loviisa (Loviisa)
- 2774 Tenojoki (Tenojoki)
- 2820 Iisalmi (Iisalmi)
- 2840 Kallavesi (Kallavesi)
- 2841 Puijo (Puijo)
[edit] France
- 20 Massalia (Marseille)
- 21 Lutetia (Paris)
- 138 Tolosa (Toulouse)
- 4690 Strasbourg (Strasbourg)
- 6268 Versailles (Versailles)
- 9385 Avignon (Avignon)
- 8371 Goven (Goven)
[edit] Germany
Cities:
- 325 Heidelberga (Heidelberg}
- 386 Siegena (Siegen)
- 526 Jena (Jena)
- 449 Hamburga (Hamburg)
- 10775 Leipzig (Leipzig)
- 2424 Tautenburg
- 3539 Weimar
- 5816 Potsdam
- 5820 Babelsberg
- 9336 Altenburg
- 10114 Greifswald
- 10746 Mühlhausen
- 10774 Eisenach
- 10801 Lüneburg
- 52334 Oberammergau
Regions:
- 301 Bavaria (Bavaria)
- 418 Alemannia (Alemannia)
- 930 Westphalia (Westphalia)
- 5616 Vogtland
- 5628 Preussen
- 5846 Hessen
- 5866 Sachsen
- 5904 Württemberg
- 6068 Brandenburg
- 6070 Rheinland
- 6099 Saarland
- 6120 Anhalt
- 6124 Mecklenburg
- 6209 Schwaben
- 6293 Oberpfalz
- 6305 Helgoland
- 6320 Bremen
- 6332 Vorarlberg
- 6396 Schleswig
- 6402 Holstein
- 21074 Rügen
- 22322 Bodensee
[edit] Italy
- 472 Roma (Rome)
- 477 Italia (Italy)
- 487 Venetia (Venice)
- 704 Interamnia (Teramo)
- 2601 Bologna (Bologna)
- 4464 Vulcano (Vulcano, Italy)
[edit] Greece
- 582 Olympia (Olympia)
- 1119 Euboea (Euboea)
- 1138 Attica (Attica)
- 1151 Ithaka (Ithaca)
- 1161 Thessalia (Thessaly)
- 4356 Marathon (Marathon)
- 4357 Korinthos (Corinth)
[edit] The Low Countries
- 1276 Ucclia (Uccle, Belgium)
- 1294 Antwerpia (Antwerp, Belgium)
- 1336 Zeelandia (Zeeland, Netherlands)
- 2713 Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
- 9471 Ostend (Ostend, Belgium)
- 9472 Bruges (Bruges, Belgium)
- 9473 Ghent (Ghent, Belgium)
[edit] Russia and the former Soviet Union (Europe)
- 787 Moskva (Moscow, Russia)
- 1140 Crimea (Crimea, Ukraine)
- 1149 Volga (Volga River)
- 1284 Latvia (Latvia)
- 1479 Inkeri (Ingria)
- 1480 Aunus (Olonets Karelia)
- 1541 Estonia (Estonia)
- 2046 Leningrad (Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg)
- 2121 Sevastopol (Sevastopol, Ukraine)
- 2141 Simferopol (Simferopol, Ukraine)
- 2170 Byelorussia (Belarus)
- 2171 Kiev (Kiev, Ukraine)
- 2250 Stalingrad (Stalingrad, now Volgograd)
- 2258 Viipuri (Vyborg, Russia)
- 2419 Moldavia (Moldavia)
- 2577 Lietuva (Lithuania)
- 2606 Odessa (Odessa, Ukraine)
- 2699 Kalinin (Kalinin, now Tver, Russia)
- 3012 Minsk (Minsk, Belarus)
- 3072 Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania)
- 3799 Novgorod (Veliky Novgorod, Russia)
- 4163 Saaremaa (Saaremaa, Estonia)
- 4227 Kaali (Kaali crater, Estonia)
- 73059 Kaunas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
[edit] Scandinavia
- 2191 Uppsala (Uppsala and Uppsala University, Sweden)
- 2676 Aarhus (Århus, Denmark)
- 6795 Örnsköldsvik (Örnsköldsvik, Sweden)
- 6796 Sundsvall (Sundsvall, Sweden)
- 6797 Östersund (Östersund, Sweden)
- 10549 Helsingborg (Helsingborg, Sweden)
- 10550 Malmö (Malmö, Sweden)
- 10551 Göteborg (Göteborg, Sweden)
- 10552 Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)
[edit] Slovakia
- 1807 Slovakia (Slovakia)
- 4018 Bratislava (Bratislava)
- 9543 Nitra (Nitra)
- 11118 Modra (Modra)
- 20495 Rimavská Sobota (Rimavská Sobota)
- 22185 Štiavnica (Banská Štiavnica)
- 24260 Kriváň (Kriváň, a mountain)
- 25384 Partizánske (Partizánske)
- 59419 Prešov (Prešov)
[edit] Spain
- 804 Hispania
- 945 Barcelona (Barcelona)
- 1159 Granada (Granada)
- 9453 Mallorca (Majorca)
- 14967 Madrid (Madrid)
- 13260 Sabadell (Barcelona)
[edit] Turkey
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] North America
[edit] Canada
- 6714 Montréal (Montreal, Québec)
- 96192 Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)
- 96193 Edmonton (Edmonton, Alberta)
[edit] USA
- 334 Chicago (Chicago)
- 341 California (California)
- 484 Pittsburghia (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- 508 Princetonia (Princeton University)
- 516 Amherstia (Amherst College, Massachusetts)
- 736 Harvard (Harvard University)
- 793 Arizona (Arizona)
- 916 America (United States of America)
- 581 Tauntonia (Taunton, Massachusetts)
- 1345 Potomac (Potomac)
- 1602 Indiana (Indiana)
- 2118 Flagstaff (Flagstaff, Arizona)
- 2322 Kitt Peak (Kitt Peak, Arizona)
- 3031 Houston (Houston, Texas)
- 3043 San Diego (San Diego, California)
- 3512 Eriepa (Erie, Pennsylvania)
- 6216 San Jose (San Jose, California)
- 7041 Nantucket (Nantucket, Massachusetts)
- 10195 Nebraska (Nebraska)
- 10379 Lake Placid (Lake Placid, New York)
- 32570 Peruindiana (Peru, Indiana)
- 35352 Texas (Texas)
- 49272 Bryce Canyon (Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah)
[edit] Oceania
[edit] Polar regions
[edit] South and Central America
- 293 Brasilia (Brazil)
- 469 Argentina (Argentina)
- 4337 Arecibo (Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico)
- 8277 Machu-Picchu (Machu Picchu, Peru)
- 8279 Cuzco (Cuzco, Peru)
- 9357 Venezuela (Venezuela)
- 10972 Ecuador (Ecuador)
- 10973 Quito (Quito, Ecuador)
- 10797 Guatemala (Guatemala)
- 10799 Yucatán (Yucatán, Mexico)