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20Massalia Independently discovered 1852 Sept. 20 by J. Chacornac at Marseilles. This is the Greek name of the
21Lutetia This planet is named for the city of Paris by its Latin name. The discoverer was a German painter li
25Phocaea Named after a maritime town of Ionia in Asia Minor with colonies in Italy, Spain, and France. Beset
51Nemausa The planet was named “in memory and honor of the city and the fountain of the god Nemausus”. Nemausu
137Meliboea Named for a daughter of Oceanus. Meliboea married Pelasgus by whom she bore Lycaon {see planet  (479
138Tolosa Named for the city where this planet was discovered. Tolosa is the Latin name for Toulouse. It becam
142Polana Named for the city of discovery, located on the northern Adriatic sea. Since Palisa’s days Pola has
213Lilaea Named for one of the Naiads. The Naiads are water nymphs, female beings granted very long life but s
231Vindobona Named for Vienna, the place of discovery. Vindobona is the Latin name of Vienna. (H 28) Named (BAJ C
251Sophia Named in honor of Sophie von Seeliger, née Stoeltzel, wife of the German astronomer Hugo von Seelige
255Oppavia Named for the city of Troppau in northern Silesia {see planet 257)}, Austria, where the discoverer w
263Dresda The planet is named to honor the German city of Dresden {see also planet  (3053)}. (H 31; A. Schnell
290Bruna Named by Hofrath August Biela for his home town Brünn, now Brno, Czechoslovakia {see also planet  (2
324Bamberga “Der Planet ... hat bei Gelegenheit der Astronomen-versammlung in Bamberg den Namen Bamberga erhalte
325Heidelberga Named for the famous German city on the Neckar {see planet  (1223)} river. This planet was discovere
334Chicago Named by the discoverer at an astronomical congress in Chicago to honor this great city. (AN 134, 16
358Apollonia The planet was probably named for a “ville ancienne de l’Illyrie, à l’embouchure de l’Aoüs, réputéee
361Bononia This is the Latin name for the city of Bologna {see planet  (2601)} in north central Italy and of Bo
362Havnia This planet is probably named for the city of Copenhagen, capital of Denmark. The Latin name is Hafn
363Padua Named after the city of Padova near Venice, Italy. (H 40) See also the remarks to planet  (356).
365Corduba This planet is possibly named for the city of Córdoba, Spain on the Guadalquivir river. Corduba is t
378Holmia This is the ancient name of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. (H 41) See also the remarks to planet
384Burdigala Named in honor of the city of the discovery of this planet. Burdigala is the Latin name of Bordeaux.
386Siegena Named for the city of Siegen in Westphalia, Germany, home town of Prof. Kreutz, by whom it was named
397Vienna The most probable explanation was given by M.-A. Combes: “Nommée probablement en l’honneur de la vil
422Berolina This is the Latin name of the city of Berlin, Germany, where this planet was discovered. (H 46)
426Hippo Named for the ancient city in northern Africa and chief town of Numidia (also Hippo Regius). (H 46)
428Monachia This is the Latin name of the discovery city of Munich, the capital of the German country of Bavaria
449Hamburga Named by A. Schwassmann, Seewarte Hamburg, to honor the city of Hamburg, Germany, during the annual
455Bruchsalia Named for the city of Bruchsal in southwestern Germany, the native city of Secretary Nokk, who promo
470Kilia Named for the city of Kiel in northern Germany. Kilia is the Latin form. (H 51) Named by Dr. J. Möll
472Roma Named for the capital city of Italy, the native country of the discoverer. (AN 158, 255 (1902)) Name
478Tergeste This is the ancient name of Trieste, the city at the northeast of the Adriatic sea. Luigi Carnera (1
484Pittsburghia Named for the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home of John A. Brashear, who figured the lenses of
485Genua Named for the city of Genova, Italy. Genua is the ancient name. (H 52; AN 168, 307 (1905)) Name sugg
486Cremona Named after the city in northern Italy in Lombardy on the Po. (H 52; AN 168, 307 (1905)) Name sugges
487Venetia Named for the area in northeast Italy and northwest Yugoslavia including the territory between lower
498Tokio Named for the capital of Japan. An earlier planet discovered 1900 March 6 by S. Hirayama in Tokio fo
512Taurinensis This is the ancient name of the city of Turin, Italy. (H 55) The planet was named (AN 167, 239 (1905
516Amherstia Named in honor of the discoverer’s Alma Mater, the Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. (H 55)
521Brixia This is the Latin name of Brescia, Italy, the native town of Prof. E. Bianchi, who computed the orbi
526Jena Named for the city of Jena in eastern Germany at the occasion of the September 1906 meeting of the A
554Peraga Named for a village between Padua and Venice. (H 59) Named (AN 168, 141 (1905)) with permission of t
565Marbachia Named for the town Marbach in southwest Germany, the native city of the German poet Friedrich Schill
581Tauntonia Named after the city in southeast Massachusetts and place of the discovery. (H 61) Named (AN 172, 39
605Juvisia Named for the city of Juvisy-sur-Orge in the department of Essonne, near Paris, France, where the Fr
619Triberga Named for the small town of Triberg, near the city of Villingen, in the Black Forest in Germany beca
638Moira Named for the Greek goddess of fate. Hesiod mentioned three goddesses of fate, daughters of Zeus, Kl
662Newtonia Named for the city of Newton, Massachusetts. (B. G. Marsden; AN 182, 332 (1909)) Named by Z. Daniel,
690Wratislavia Named for the (then German) city of Breslau in the province of Silesia {see planet  (257)}. Wratisla
704Interamnia Ancient name of the city of Teramo where the discoverer was born and where this planet was discovere
716Berkeley This planet was named after the city of Berkeley, California, where Armin O. Leuschner (see planet  
717Wisibada This is the Latin name of the city of Wiesbaden, the home of the discoverer. (H 72) The city of Wies
721Tabora This planet was named by M. F. Wolf after the ocean liner Tabora which was inspected by the particip
737Arequipa Named for the city in Peru where the Harvard Observatory had a southern observing station. (H 74) Se
738Alagasta Named after the first German name of the city of Gaualgesheim on the Rhine river from which the fami
739Mandeville Named for the city of Mandeville, Jamaica, where Edward C. Pickering {see planet  (784)} observed. (
740Cantabia This name is probably a contraction of Cantabridgia, the Latin form of Cambridge, Massachusetts, sit
741Botolphia Named for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The city derives its name from Saint Botolph who founde
744Aguntina Named for Aguntinum, a Roman town in the province of Noricum close to Lienz, the birthplace of the d
747Winchester Named by the discoverer for the city of Winchester, Massachusetts, where he made this discovery. (H
753Tiflis Named for the native city of the discoverer. Tiflis (or Tbilisi) is the capital city of Georgia on t
754Malabar Named in remembrance of the Dutch-German solar eclipse expedition to Christmas Island in 1922. Malab
757Portlandia Named for the city of Portland, Maine, where the discoverer was minister of a church at the time of
758Mancunia Named after the city of Manchester, England, the native city of the discoverer. Mancunia is the Lati
764Gedania Named by the discoverer after the Latin name of the free city of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland) in whic
765Mattiaca Named by the discoverer for his home town. Mattiacum was the Latin name for the city of Wiesbaden, G
766Moguntia Named by the discoverer in honor of the city of Mainz (Latin name Moguntia), Germany. He was active
772Tanete Named very probably after the city of Tanete on the southwest coast of Celebes, Indonesia. (R. Breme
787Moskva This planet was named for the city of Moscow, USSR. (H 79)
790Pretoria Named after the capital city of Transvaal {see planet  (715)} in South Africa. (H 79)
791Ani Named for the ruined city in the Erivan district which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1319. Ani i
809Lundia Named for the city of Lund in southwestern Sweden and for the Lund Observatory. (H 80)
811Nauheima Named for the city of Bad Nauheim in Hessen, Germany. (H 80)
850Altona Named for the German city on the Elbe river near Hamburg. Altona is the home-town of W. Struve, foun
863Benkoela Named possibly for the city of Benkoelen on the island of Sumatra. (H 84)
886Washingtonia Independently discovered 1917 Nov. 12 by M. Harwood at Nantucket. Named in honor of George Washingto
908Buda Named for a part of the Hungarian city of Budapest on the Danube. (H 88)
927Ratisbona Named for the German city of Regensburg (Ratisbona is the Latin name). The famous astronomer Johanne
945Barcelona Named for the birthplace of the discoverer and the place were this minor planet was discovered. (H 9
1008La Paz Named for the capital of Bolivia, South America. (H96)
1029La Plata
1039Sonneberga Named for the city of Sonneberg in Thüringen, Germany, location of the Sonneberg Observatory. (H 99)
1048Feodosia Named for the city Feodosija in the Crimea. (A. Paluzíe-Borrell) Named in accordance with a proposal
1073Gellivara Named for the small town Gällivare in Swedish Lapland where in the year 1927 astronomers from severa
1090Sumida Named for a river near Tokyo, Japan. (H 103)
1106Cydonia Named after a tree (English name quince) belonging to the apple family. (H 104) See also the remark
1115Sabauda Sabauda, or Sapauda, is the Latin name of the House of Savoy, the former rulers of Italy. The planet
1133Lugduna Lugdunum Batavorum is the Latin name for the city of Leiden, The Netherlands. (I. van Houten-Groenev
1139Atami Named after a harbor near Tokyo, Japan. (H 106)
1145Robelmonte Named for the city of Robelmont, Belgium, the birthplace of S. Arend {see planet  (1502)}. Robelmont
1147Stavropolis Named by the discoverer for the city of Stavropol’ in northern Caucasus region. Between 1936 and 194
1159Granada Named after the Spanish city and province in Andalusia in southern Spain. (H 108)
1161Thessalia Named for the region in eastern Greece between Pindus mountains and the Aegean Sea. (H 108)
1185Nikko Named for a popular city and tourist resort in Japan noted for its shrines. (H 110)
1191Alfaterna The ancient city founded by the Oschi about 1000 B.C. between Pompeii and Salerno. It is entombed be
1198Atlantis This planet is named for the legendary island which sank. Name proposed by G. Stracke.
1238Predappia Named after the small village of Predappio near Forli, Italy. Predappio was the birthplace of “il Du
1244Deira Named after the ancient name of the birthplace of the discoverer. (H 115) Jackson (see planet  (2193
1254Erfordia Named (RI 835) by J. Hartmann for the city of Erfurt, Germany, which was the birthplace of the disco
1261Legia Legia is the Latin name for the city of Liège (Luik), Belgium. (H 116)
1263Varsavia Varsavia is the Latin name for Warsaw, Poland. The citation reads: “zum Dank der Stadt Warschau für
1276Ucclia Named in honor of Uccle, both the city and the observatory, where this planet was discovered. (H 117
1289Kutaissi Named for a city in the Georgian Republic. (H 118)
1294Antwerpia Named for the city of Antwerp, Belgium. (H 118)
1304Arosa Named for the small city in Switzerland. (H 119)
1313Berna Named for the capital of Switzerland. (H 120) Name proposed by S. Mauderli of the University of Bern
1316Kasan Named for the city on the Volga river east of Moscow and for the Kasan Observatory. (H 120)
1326Losaka Named for the capital of northern Rhodesia. Lusaka today is the capital of Zambia. (H 121)
1346Gotha Named for the city of Gotha in the district of Erfurt in Thüringen {see, respectively, planets  (125
1352Wawel Named for a castle of the ancient kings of Poland at Cracow. (H 123) Name proposed by T. Banachiewic
1356Nyanza Named for a region in southwestern Kenya with the capital Kisumu. (H 123)
1359Prieska Named for a village in the Cape Province, South Africa. (H 123)
1360Tarka Same as above {cf. citation for planet  (1358){. His name is given to the South African town of Tark
1367NongomaNamed for the capital city of the Kwa-Zulu homeland.
1373Cincinnati Since most of the orbit computations for this planet have been provided by the staff of the Cincinna
1383Limburgia Named for the province of Limburg in southern Netherlands. (H 125)
1397Umtata Name of the capital town of the native province of the Transkei and seat of the native administratio
1419Danzig Named for the city (now Gdansk) and port on the Baltic sea. (H 128) The city of Danzig is also honor
1428Mombasa Name of the chief port in Kenya, East Africa, which has also ancient historical associations. (M 909
1431LuandaNamed for the capital city of Angola.
1456SaldanhaNamed for a newly-developed harbor on the southwest tip of South Africa.
1457Ankara Named for the Turkish capital. (H 131) Name proposed by W. Gleissberg.
1469Linzia Named after the city of Linz, Austria, on the Danube river. (H 132) Name proposed by A. Wersig (RI 2
1471Tornio Named for a Finnish river and town at the northern end of the Gulf of Bothnia. (M 3928)
1474Beira Name of an important port in Mozambique. (M 909)
1475Yalta A resort city in Crimea; site of an important political conference during World War II. (M 838)
1481Tubingia Named for the German city of Tübingen on the Neckar river south of Stuttgart, where Kepler {see plan
1495Helsinki Named for the capital city of Finland. (M 3928)
1496Turku Named in honor of the city which in ancient times was the capital of Finland, is now the home of the
1497Tampere Named for the second largest city in Finland. (M 3928)
1498Lahti Named for a town in Finland. (M 3928)
1499Pori Named for an important Finnish town and port on the Gulf of Bothnia. (M 3928)
1500Jyvaskyla Named for a town in central Finland. (M 3928)
1503Kuopio Named for a town in central Finland. (M 3928)
1504Lappeenranta Named for a town in south-eastern Finland. (M 3928)
1507Vaasa Named for an important Finnish town and port on the Gulf of Bothnia. (M 3928)
1508Kemi Named for a Finnish river and town at the northern end of the Gulf of Bothnia. The four-letter name
1512Oulu Named in honor of the birthplace of the discoverer, a town in northern Finland. (M 2278)
1517Beograd Named by the discoverer in honor of his native city and the capital of his country. (M 2277)
1518Rovaniemi Named for a town in Finland, located nearly on the arctic circle. (M 3929)
1519Kajaani Named for a town in central Finland. (M 3929)
1520Imatra Named for a town in south-eastern Finland. (M 3929)
1522Kokkola Named for a Finnish town and port on the Gulf of Bothnia. (M 3929)
1523Pieksamaki Named for a town in central Finland. (M 3929)
1524Joensuu Named for the town in eastern Finland where the discoverer received his early schooling. (M 3929)
1525Savonlinna Named for a town in eastern Finland. (M 3929)
1526Mikkeli Named for a town in eastern Finland. (M 3929)
1532Inari One of the principal lakes of Finland. (M 3929)
1533Saimaa One of the principal lakes of Finland. (M 3929)
1572Posnania This planet is named in honor of the city and the observatory at which it was discovered. (M 877)
1595TangaNamed for a port on the eastern seaboard of Tanzania.
1599Giomus Named in honor of the birthplace of P. Pretre. This is the sixth-century name of the present town of
1634NdolaNamed for the most important mining town in Zambia.
1679Nevanlinna Named in honor of Rolf H. Nevanlinna {1895–1980}, great Finnish mathematician, on the occasion of hi
1717Arlon Named for the principal town of the province of Belgian Luxembourg, situated on a hill above the hea
1736Floirac Named by the discoverer for the suburb in Bordeaux in which the observatory is located. (M 2883)
1757PorvooNamed for the second oldest (after Turku) town in Finland. At the Porvoo Diet in 1809 the Russian cz
1758NaantaliNamed for an idyllic small town near Turku, founded in the early fifteenth century around a convent
1784BenguellaNamed for the chief port of Angola.
1786RaaheNamed for a Finnish town, founded by Per Brahe in 1649 on an ancient market place near Oulu.
1796Riga Named in honor of the capital of Latvia, site of the Astronomical Observatory of the Latvian State U
1839Ragazza The Italian word for girl. Also the name alludes to Bad Ragaz, a resort town with hot springs, in Sw
1876Napolitania Named in honor of the city of Naples, the birthplace of Mrs. Kowal. (M 3826)
1882RaumaNamed for a Finnish town, famous for its seafaring and lace-making, that developed around a monaster
1887Virton Named for the capital of the Gaume (or Belgian Lorraine), very close to Robelmont {see planet  (1145
1918AiguillonNamed for the discoverer’s birthplace, a small town on the Garonne river.
1935Lucerna This and the following three minor planets are named for a Swiss lake and a city on its shores. (M 4
1936Lugano See the citation for minor planet  (1935). (M 4358)
1937Locarno See the citation for minor planet  (1935). (M 4358)
1938Lausanna See the citation for minor planet  (1935). (M 4358)
1948KampalaNamed for the capital of Uganda.
1949MessinaNamed for a copper-mining town on the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.
1956Artek Named for an all-Union young pioneer’s camp in Crimea. (M 4190)
2033BasileaNamed for the old city of Basel and the 50th anniversary of the Astronomical Institute at Basel Univ
2045Peking Named for the largest city in northern China and the capital of the People’s Republic of China today
2046LeningradNamed for one of the largest industrial, cultural and scientific centers of the U.S.S.R.
2078Nanking Named for the city on whose outskirts the Purple Mountain {see planet  (3444)} Observatory is locate
2080Jihlava Named for a Moravian town, by the river of the same name. Founded in the 11th century, the community
2104Toronto This minor planet, the first to be found at a Canadian Observatory, is named in honor of the Univers
2121Sevastopol Named for this Crimean city on the 200th anniversary of its foundation. (M 7616)
2140Kemerovo Named for the regional center of the Kemerovo district of Russia, an important industrial center of
2141Simferopol Named for the central city of the Crimean district of the Ukrainian SSR on the occasion of its two-h
2171Kiev Named on the occasion of the 1500th anniversary of this city, the capital of the Ukraine and one of
2172Plavsk Named for the district center of the Tula region of the {former} R.S.F.S.R. Plavsk is the twin town
2183Neufang Named for a village in Thuringia where the discoverer lived and worked for many decades. The village
2189ZaragozaNamed in memory of Aldo Zaragoza (1924-1979), a member of the staff of the Felix Aguilar Observatory
2191UppsalaNamed for the ancient Swedish city and university.
2192PyatigoriyaNamed on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the town Pyatigorsk, in the Caucasus.
2194Arpola Named for the discoverer’s summer cottage, located in the archipelago off Turku. A keen sailor, the
2197ShanghaiNamed for the largest city in China, one of the best known ports in the world, located at the mouth
2199KletNamed for the observatory at which this minor planet was discovered and for the mountain in southern
2200PasadenaNamed for a suburb of Los Angeles, California. Prominent astronomical institutions in Pasadena are t
2206GabrovaDiscovered on All Fools' Day, this minor planet is named for the Bulgarian town known for its humor
2209TianjinNamed for the largest port city in northern China, site of the latitude station of the Peking Observ
2224TucsonNamed for the city in Arizona. Prominent astronomical institutions in Tucson are the Lunar and Plane
2247Hiroshima Named for the Japanese city Hiroshima in the hope that this planet may be a symbol for world peace.
2250Stalingrad Named in commemoration of the fierce battle for the city. The victory by the defenders was an import
2271KisoNamed for the station of the Tokyo Observatory at which this minor planet was discovered.
2293Guernica Named for the town Guernica y Luno, Spain, historical center of Basque culture. (M 9767)
2367Praha Named for the capital of {the former} Czechoslovakia, which has a longstanding astronomical traditio
2387Xi'an Named for the famous historical city, origin of Chinese splendid culture and home of a rich treasure
2396Kochi Named by the discoverer in honor of his native city. (M 6421) See also the citation for planet  (315
2424Tautenburg Named for the village near which the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory is located, some 15 km to the no
2471Ultrajectum Named in honor of the University Observatory at Utrecht, best known for its work on solar physics. U
2478Tokai Named by the discoverer for the city in which he lives. (M 6650)
2479Sodankyla Named for a large country commune, more than 12,000 square kilometers in area, in southern Lapland.
2501Lohja Named for a town, ridge and lake in southern Finland. An important market in the Middle Ages, Lohja
2514Taiyuan Named for the capital city of the province of Shaanxi {see planet  (2263)}, located in northern Chin
2520Novorossijsk Named for a town on the Black Sea coast. (M 7618)
2524Budovicium The ancient Roman name for the town of Ceské Budějovice {see planet  (11134)}, the center of South B
2531Cambridge Named for the centers of learning in England and in Massachusetts, U.S.A. The Minor Planet Center is
2535Hameenlinna Named for an old town in the province of Häme. The town grew around a thirteenth-century castle (lin
2599Veseli Named for the town in South Bohemia where the dicoverer resides. (M 7619)
2601Bologna Named for the famous Italian city, home of one of the oldest universities in the world, in which the
2606Odessa Named for the large port and industrial and cultural city on the coast of the Black Sea. (M 7472)
2613Plzen Named for the industrial and cultural center of West Bohemia, birthplace of the discoverer. (M 7619)
2618Coonabarabran Named for this typical country town situated at the base of the beautiful Warrumbungle mountain rang
2672Pisek Named for a town in western South Bohemia where many outstanding Czech writers and artists were born
2676Aarhus Named by L. K. Kristensen, who found the identifications involving this object, in honor of the Dani
2689Bruxelles Named for the capital of Belgium. (M 12209)
2693Yan'an Named for a town in the northern part of Shaanxi {see planet  (2263)} province, along the Yan River.
2700Baikonur Named for the Soviet cosmodrome, where the world’s first artificial satellite was launched just 25 y
2713Luxembourg Named for the country in western Europe. (M 12209)
2719Suzhou Named for a city in southeastern Jiangsu province, famous at home and abroad for its beautiful scene
2729Urumqi Named for an open city in the western part of China, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur {see planet  (233
2733Hamina Named for an old Finnish town on the eastern Gulf of Finland. It was known as market place and harbo
2737Kotka Named for an important Finnish industrial center and harbor, a town constructed mainly on islands in
2743Chengdu Named for the capital of Sichuan {see planet  (2215)} province in southwestern China. Located in the
2747Cesky Krumlov Named for the historical town on the Vltava {see planet  (2123)} river. Kleť Observatory is situated
2750Loviisa Named for a small Finnish town, an important export harbor, on the eastern Gulf of Finland. About tw
2765Dinant Named for a city in southern Belgium, birthplace of Adolphe Sax {see planet  (3534)}, inventor of th
2778Tangshan Named for a city in Hebei {see planet  (2505)} province in northern China with a long history and fl
2788Andenne Named for an industrial city in southern Belgium, known for its foundries and metallurgic factories.
2789Foshan Named for a famous city in the Guangdong {see planet  (2185)} province in southern China with a long
2806Graz Named for the capital city of the Austrian province of Styria {see planet  (6482)}. With its three u
2820Iisalmi Named for a town, parts of which date back to the stone age, in the lake district of central Finland
2830Greenwich Named for the Royal Greenwich Observatory on the occasion of the centennial of its adoption as the p
2851Harbin Named for the city in the north of China, famed as “the jewel of the Eurasia Continent Bridge”. Harb
2889Brno Named for the capital of Moravia {see planet  (1901)}. (M 22828) The town of Brno is also honored by
2903Zhuhai Named for an important open city in southern China, located at the west coast of Zhujiang port in Gu
2910Yoshkar-Ola Named for a city on the Volga basin, capital of the {former} Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republ
2924Mitake-mura Named for another of the three towns to which the Kiso Station administratively belongs. Although in
2927Alamosa Named for the discoverer’s birthplace, the central town of the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado,
2935Naerum Named after the small town of Naerum, some 15 km north of Copenhagen, where the discoverer spent his
2960Ohtaki Named for the third of the towns to which the Kiso Station administratively belongs. In fact, the Ob
2979Murmansk Named for the famous Arctic seaport. (M 8914)
3009Coventry Named for the city in England, twin city of Volgograd. (M 9770)
3011Chongqing Named for a city in southwestern China on the upper reach of the Yangtse River. Founded more than 3,
3012Minsk Named for the capital city of the {former} Byelorussian S.S.R. {see the citation for planet  (2170)}
3031Houston Named in honor of Walter Scott Houston, American amateur astronomer well known for his column “Deep
3033Holbaek Named in honor of the town nearest to the Brorfelde {see planet  (3309)} Observatory on the occasion
3043San Diego Named as a celestial tribute to the city of San Diego in appreciation of the city’s responsiveness a
3048Guangzhou Named for the largest open city in southern China and the capital of Guangdong province. The provinc
3051Nantong Named for the industrial port city at the mouth of the Yangtse, on the Yellow Sea. The city has a lo
3053Dresden Named for the city in the {former} German Democratic Republic {see also planet  (263)}. (M 9770) Dre
3072Vilnius o planet  (2577)}. (M 9771) Vilnius is since 1991 the capital of the independent state of Lithuania.
3073Kursk Named for an old Russian city. (M 9771)
3088Jinxiuzhonghua The name reflects the natural beauty and ancient civilization of China. Jinxiuzhonghua, or “Splendid
3103Eger Named for a famous Hungarian city. In 1762 its bishop, Count Karoly Esterhazy, established a univers
3121Tamines Named for an industrial city on the river Sambre {see planet  (4016)} in southern Belgium, known for
3133Sendai Named for the biggest city in northeastern Japan, home of Tôhuku University and several other instit
3136Anshan Named for the city, known as the “Steel Metropolis”, in the Liaodong peninsula. The largest iron and
3139Shantou Named for an open city on the coast of southeast China. A fine seaport, it is also a flourishing ind
3166Klondike Named in memory of the brothers Karl F. Joutsen and Anton F. Johnson, who during 1901–1905 made a fo
3177ChillicotheNamed for the southern Ohio city of Chillicothe, located at the confluence of the Scioto River and P
3187Dalian Named for the city in northeastern China, located on the southern tip of the Liao Dong peninsula. A
3206Wuhan Named for the largest city in central China. Located at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze rivers
3213Smolensk Named for the one of the oldest towns in Russia. (M 12971)
3221Changshi Named for a bright pearl city in the lower reaches of the Yangtze river in China, with charming natu
3224Irkutsk Named for the Siberian city on the occasion of its 300th anniversary. (M 11161)
3232Brest Named for the well-known city in Byelorussia {see planet  (2170)}. (M 12015)
3239Meizhou Named for the historical cultural city in China, situated in northeastern Guangdong province {see pl
3297Hong KongNamed for the island and city in southeast Asia, a key center of international finance and trade.
3309Brorfelde On the observatory’ s fortieth anniversary, this first minor planet discovered at the Copenhagen Uni
3320Namba This planet was given the former name of Osaka, where co-discoverer Hurukawa grew up. (M 11442) For
3335Quanzhou Named for a well-known historical and cultural city. In ancient times, Quanzhou was a starting point
3340Yinhai Named for a beautiful city located on Hailing Island in the South China Sea, famous for its scenery.
3344Modena Named for the city near Bologna, famous for its beautiful bell-tower Ghirlandia, the Romanesque cath
3374Namur Named for the principal town in the Belgian province of the same name, a place where the discoverer
3406Omsk Named for the city of Omsk, the discoverer’s birthplace, one of the great industrial, cultural and s
3473Sapporo Named for the capital of Hokkaido {see planet  (3720)}, location of the Winter Olympic games in 1972
3476Dongguan Named for the “Town of Fish and Rice and Fruit”, a developing industrial city with modernized constr
3500Kobayashi Named in honor of Takao Kobayashi, an active computer of cometary orbits and identifier of minor pla
3509Sanshui Named for the Chinese city situated on the delta of the Pearl River. (M 23792)
3512Eriepa Named for the discoverer’s home town of Erie, Pennsylvania. (M 14481)
3539Weimar Named for the venerable town, 30 km from Tautenburg {see planet  (2424)}, renowned for its contribut
3563Canterbury Named for the province of New Zealand on the eastern side of the South Island. The name also honors
3583Burdett Named for the discoverer’s home town in Kansas {see planet  (3124)}. (M 12018)
3607Naniwa This planet is being given the former name of Osaka, where co-discoverer Hurukawa grew up. (M 12018)
3646Aduatiques Named for the Aduatiques, an ancient Belgian tribe from Namur {see planet  (3374)}. The tribe is men
3650KunmingKunming, the capital of Yunnan province, is one of the hub cities in southwestern China. It enjoys
3711Ellensburg Named by the discoverer to honor the city of his birth, established in the 1880s by the tracks of th
3729YangzhouSituated between the Yangtze and Huai rivers, Yangzhou is the location of China's earliest canal, da
3735Trebon Named in honor of the discoverer’s home town in South Bohemia. (M 16443)
3746HeyuanThe city of Heyuan is located in the Chinese northeastern province of Guangdong. Its Evergreen Lake
3785Kitami Named for a city in Hokkaido {see planet  (3720)} that has been since 1983 a “friendship city” of th
3799Novgorod Named for one of the oldest towns in Russia. (M 22499)
3802Dornburg Named for a small town, more than 1050 years old, a few kilometers distant from the Tautenburg Obser
3823Yorii Named for the small town in central Japan where this minor planet was discovered. Known for the attr
3825NürnbergIn medieval times, the northern Bavarian city of Nürnberg was the residence of famous scholars such
3830Trelleborg Named in honor of an old town in southern Sweden, twinned with Holbaek {see planet  (3033)}, the nea
3858Dorchester Named for the county town of Dorset, England. Founded by the Romans in A.D. 70, Dorchester was made
3860Plovdiv V. G. Ivanova at Rozhen. Named for an ancient town in Bulgaria. (M 14030)
3868Mendoza Named in honor of Eugenio E. Mendoza V. (1928– ) on the occasion of his 65th birthday. After obtaini
3915Fukushima Named in honor of Hisao Fukushima (1910–1997), professor emeritus at Hokkaido University, famous for
3997Taga Named for the town in which the Dynic Observatory is located. Known for its ancient shrine, Taga is
4018Bratislava Named for the capital of Slovakia. (M 25976)
4042Okhotsk Named for the sea that extends between the northeast coast of Hokkaido and the Kamchatka Peninsula.
4054Turnov Named for a small city in a region of eastern Bohemia known as “Czech Paradise”. The city is famous
4066Haapavesi Named for the birthplace of the discoverer’s father. Haapavesi has been known for centuries for the
4071Rostovdon Named for the city of Rostov, the discoverer’s birthplace, a large industrial and railroad center lo
4096Kushiro Named for a city of population of 220,000 on the Pacific coast of Hokkaido {see planet  (3720)}. Its
4172Rochefort Named for a small town in the province of Namur {see also planet  (3374)} in southern Belgium. (M 21
4186Tamashima Named in honor of the city where the first discoverer was born and grew up. It is located near the O
4206VerulamiumNamed for the Roman town in the province of Britannia, now the site of the English city of St. Alban
4216Neunkirchen Named to honor the birthplace of Hermann Haupt {see planet  (2870)} and Gerhard Hahn {see planet  (3
4249Kremze Named for a small town in southern Bohemia north of Kleť Mountain. It was first mentioned as a villa
4263Abashiri Named for a small city of population 43,000 in the eastern part of Hokkaido {see planet  (3720)}. Lo
4265Kani Named for the quiet, rural town where the first discoverer lives. It is situated about 30 km north o
4271Novosibirsk Named for the great Siberian industrial, cultural and scientific center, on the occasion of its 100t
4335Verona Named for the Italian city, founded in the fourth century B.C., and situated at the foot of the Alps
4337Arecibo Named for the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, site of the largest filled-aperture telescope in t
4352Kyoto Named for the 1200th anniversary, in 1994, of the establishment by Emperor Kammu of Kyoto as the for
4353Onizaki Named for the town where the second discoverer spent his boyhood. Since the name vanished when neigh
4355Memphis Named after the former capital of the old Egyptian kingdom. (M 18141)
4357Korinthos Named after the important seaport town in classical Greece. (M 18141)
4381Uenohara Named for the small town on the edge of which is the observing station where this minor planet was d
4439Muroto Named for a small seaside city in the southeastern part of the Japanese island of Shikoku {see plane
4447Kirov Named in honor of the Kirov Ballet and State Theater of St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad). Directl
4458Oizumi Named for the beautiful village in which Yatsugatake {see planet  (4033)} South Base Observatory is
4460Bihoro Named for the city, home of the first discoverer, at the junction of the Bihoro and Abashiri {see pl
4461Sayama Named in honor of a city located in the Musashino hills in the center of the Kantou {see planet  (32
4519Voronezh Named for the Russian city, founded before 1177. A large industrial and cultural center, Voronezh wa
4526Konko Named for a city in the area where the first discoverer grew up. Before the Okayama {see planet  (20
4573Piestany Named for the city located on the river Váh in the middle Považie region of western Slovakia, 70 km
4578Kurashiki Named for a beautiful city on the shore of the Seto inland sea in western Japan. Minoru Honda (1917–
4621Tambov Named for the city of Tambov, one of the industrial and cultural centers in Russia, center of the Ta
4630Chaonis Named in honor of the Chions, originally Chaonis, where the observatory of that name is located. The
4634Shibuya Named for a cultural district of Tokyo that contains a concert hall, two theaters, two art museums a
4644Oumu Named for a town, noted for its fishing industry, situated on the Sea of Okhotsk some 50 km of Kitam
4649Sumoto Named for the chief city of Awaji island on the Seto inland sea of Japan. The Oriental Astronomical
4690Strasbourg Named for the French city of Strasbourg, capital of Alsace {see planet  (971)}. This city near the R
4695MediolanumMediolanum is the Latin name of Milano, city placed in the North of Italy. In 1861 G. V. Schiaparel
4697NovaraNovara is a city in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy. It is an important crossroads for comme
4703Kagoshima Named for the prefecture and its capital city, home of the discoverers, located at the southern tip
4720Tottori Named for a central city of the Sanin area, located on the Japan Sea, sister city of Kushiro {see pl
4744RoveretoRovereto, City of Peace, is an ancient town in Trentino-Alto Adige (Italy), where the local administ
4774Hobetsu Named for a city, located 100 km southeast of Sapporo {see planet  (3473)}, famous for the fossil of
4776Luyi Named for a town in the eastern Henan {see planet  (2085)} province of China. Luyi is the birthplace
4782Gembloux Named for an industrial city on the river Orneau in southern Belgium. (M 19339)
4806Miho Named for a resort located in suburban Shimizu and about 3 km east of Yakiimo Station. Miho is known
4825Ventura Named for the city near the coast of the Pacific, north of Los Angeles. After the conference “Near-E
4845Tsubetsu Named for a timber town, with a population of less than 9,000, in eastern Hokkaido {see planet  (372
4860Gubbio Named for the city of Gubbio, Umbria, Italy. Dating from the Umbrian civilization in the 7th century
4871Riverside Named to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the “sister city” affiliation of Sendai {see planet  (313
4873Fukaya Named for a city 70 km northwest of Tokyo, not far from the National Astronomical Observatory’s Doda
4931Tomsk Named by the first discoverer in honor of the Siberian city and its 500,000 inhabitants. (M 21609)
5054Keil Named in honor of Klaus Keil (1934– ), American meteoriticist. An authority on the petrology of enst
5108Lubeck Named in memory of the famous organist and composer Vincent Lübeck (1654–1740), born in Padding-bütt
5138Gyoda Named for an industrial city, home of the second discoverer, located some 60 km north of Tokyo, betw
5139Rumoi Named for the city of Rumoi, situated in the northwest part of Hokkaido {see planet  (3720)}, where
5146MoiwaNamed for the mountain that offers an outstanding panorama of the city of Sapporo and is popular bot
5199Dortmund Named for the capital of Nordrhein-Westfalen and the sister city of Rostov-on-Don {see planet  (4071
5240Kwasan Named for the Kyoto University’s Kwasan Observatory, which is located at the top of Kwasan hill on t
5249Giza Named for the Egyptian town and regional capital on the west bank of the Nile. This strip of land co
5277BrisbaneBrisbane, the name of the capital city of Queensland, itself honors Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane,
5333Kanaya Named for the first discoverer’s native town, an old station on the ancient national road “Tokai-do”
5334Mishima Named for the first discoverer’s second home, a city some 100 km west of Tokyo and famous for the gr
5399Awa Named by the first discoverer for the town in which he lives in the northern part of Shikoku island
5403Takachiho Named for the home town of the wife of the second discoverer, Takachiho is located at the center of
5435Kameoka Named for a city with a castle and a good deal of natural beauty, situated just west of Kyoto {see p
5468Hamatonbetsu Located near the northern extremity of Japan, Hamatonbetsu is the town where the second discoverer l
5474Gingasen Gingasen, or ‘Milky Way’, is a railroad track in Hokkaido {see planet  (3720)}. This 150-km public r
5489Oberkochen Named for the town in Germany in which the Zeiss {see also planet  (851)} Optical works are located.
5547Acadiau Named in honor of Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Founded in 1838, Acadia U. has become o
5629Kuwana Kuwana is a city located in the delta of the Nagara and Ibe rivers, near the city of Nagoya and the
5654Terni Named for the city located in a natural amphitheater, at the confluence of the Serra and Nera rivers
5677Aberdonia Named in honor of the University of Aberdeen on the occasion of the quincentenary of its founding, 1
5686Chiyonoura Named for a beautiful sandy beach between Ben-tengahama {see planet  (5293)} and Shiundai, in the so
5725Nordlingen Named for the attractive, medieval, walled city located in the heart of the Ries {see planet  (4327)
5767Moldun Named for the town of Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, location of the Astrophysics Section of the Paris Obse
5783Kumagaya Kumagaya, also known as the ‘City of Cherry Blossoms’ and ‘Rugby Town’, is an industrial city locate
5790Nagasaki Named for the Japanese city of Nagasaki in the hope that this minor planet may be a symbol for world
5805Glasgow Named for the city of Glasgow, Scotland, and for the Astronomical Society of Glasgow, whose 100th an
5816Potsdam Named for the capital of the German state of Brandenburg. Besides Berlin, Potsdam was the residence
5870Baltimore Named for the city located on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Celebrating the bicentennial of its 17
5941Valencia Named for the large Mediterranean seaport city in Spain, administrative center of the province of th
5960Wakkanai Wakkanai, situated at the northern tip of Japan, is a city known for its marine industry, dairy farm
5978Kaminokuni Named for one of the oldest towns in Hokkaido {see planet  (3720)}, with a population of 8000. The h
6068Brandenburg Named for the district in Germany around Berlin {see planet  (422)}. The medieval capital of this re
6102VisbyVisby is a city, still surrounded by a medieval wall, on the Swedish island of Gotland.
6216San Jose Named for the city in northern California, to acknowledge it as the Capital of Silicon Valley and to
6252Montevideo Named for the capital of Uruguay and city of the birth of G. Tancredi {see planet  (5088)}, one of t
6268Versailles Named for the city, site of the grandiose palace and start of the French revolution in 1789. In 1624
6273KirunaNorth of the Arctic Circle in the province of Norrbotten, Kiruna is the northernmost city in Sweden,
6296Cleveland Named in honor of the city in Ohio as a tribute to its bicentennial celebration. NASA’s Lewis Resear
6320Bremen Named for the important commercial seaport on the Lower Weser, seat of the shipping company Norddeut
6340Kathmandu Named for the capital city of Nepal, a favorite destination for trekkers and climbers in the Himalay
6349AcapulcoNamed for the city in Mexico, Acapulco is the international sister city of Sendai, Japan, affiliated
6419Susono Named by the first discoverer for the town in which he lives, some 100 km west of Tokyo. The name of
6442Salzburg Named for the Austrian province and its capital on the river Salzach. Visitors flock to the province
6460Bassano Named for Bassano Bresciano, an ancient village in the Italian province of Brescia. Situated on the
6528BodenBoden, a city in the province of Norrbotten in northern Sweden, is the birthplace of Mats Lindgren,
6645ArcetriNamed for the Florence Observatory, moved in 1872 from the center of the city to Arcetri, near the h
6654LuleåLuleå, a center of the steel industry on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Bothnia and capital o
6655NagahamaBirthplace of the discoverer, the city of Nagahama is in the northeastern part of Shiga prefecture,
6663TatebayashiNamed for a city in Kanto Plain in the eastern part of Gunma Prefecture. Famous for the Tsutsujigao
6714MontréalHost city for the IAU General Assembly in 1979, Montreal has combined the best of English and French
6721MinamiawajiMinamiawaji is a small city located in southern Awaji island, Japan. Name suggested by S. Nakano.
6796SundsvallOn the western coast of the Gulf of Bothnia, Sundsvall has developed from a center for trade to a ce
6802ČernoviceNamed for the small town where the discoverer lived in his youth. Founded in the fourteenth century,
6804Maruseppu Named for a small town (population 2400) in eastern Hokkaido. Since 1994, Maruseppu has been promoti
6882Sormano Named in honor of the mountain village of Sormano and its nearby observatory where this object was d
6939Lestone Named for Leighton Buzzard, a small market town in south Bedfordshire, England. The town is recorded
7079BaghdadBaghdad was founded near one of the foremost cities of old Mesopotamia by the Arab Abbasid dynasty i
7082La SerenaLa Serena is a beautiful small city near the Pacific, about 600 km north of Santiago de Chile. For m
7097YatsukaNamed for the first discoverer's home town, in the eastern part of Shimane prefecture, known for its
7137AgeoAgeo is a city north of Tokyo in Saitama Prefecture. The name was suggested by M. Sekine.
7144Dossobuono Named for the village of Madonna di Dossobuono, known for its sanctuary for “700 dedicated to the vi
7198Montelupo Named for a small but busy town very near Florence with a tradition in ceramics that goes back to th
7204Ondrejov Named for the village, 35 km to the southeast of Prague, where the oldest active astronomical observ
7253Nara Named for the prefecture and city where the oldest capital in Japan was located, and where the first
7259GaithersburgGaithersburg, Maryland, is a city to the north of Washington, D.C. Located at the agreed latitude of
7462GrenobleNamed for the French city, located in the foothills of the western Alps. Originally the center of th
7481San Marcello Named for San Marcello Pistoiese, the mountain village where the Pian dei Termini Observatory is loc
7484Dogo Onsen Named for a hot spring spa in Ehime, the prefecture in which this minor planet was discovered. Alrea
7675GoriziaNamed for the Italian town on the 1000th anniversary of the first mention of its actual name in an o
7678Onoda Named for the city in the southwest of Yamaguchi Prefecture where the discoverer was born. Long know
7679Asiago Named for the mountain town and region hosting the largest astronomical observatory on Italian terri
7716Ube Named for the city in Yamaguchi prefecture where the discoverer attended high school. Famous for its
7736Nizhnij NovgorodNizhnij Novgorod is an old Russian city located at the confluence of the Volga and Oka rivers. Foun
7788Tsukuba Named for the city located in the southwest of Ibaraki prefecture. Originally a region of pastoral f
7816HanoiNamed for the capital of Vietnam. The discoverer visited the city in 1997 with Yoshihide Kozai to h
7850Buenos Aires Named for the capital city of Argentina. First founded in 1536 by Don Pedro de Mendoza, who named it
7852ItsukushimaNamed for Itsukushima Island near Hiroshima City. Known as “one of the Scenic Trio of Japan”, the i
7924SimbirskNamed for the city of Simbirsk (Ul'yanovsk since 1924), a large industrial and cultural center on th
8020ErzgebirgeNamed for a low mountain range along the border of Saxony and Bohemia, about 150 km in length and ri
8084DallasNamed for the city in Texas, Dallas is the international sister city of Sendai, Japan, affiliated si
8113MatsueNamed for a city located in the ancient Izumo district in western Japan. A beautiful city rich in cu
8279CuzcoCuzco was the capital of the Inca empire. In Nov. 1533 the city was occupied by Pizarro. Severely da
8283EdinburghNamed for the historic capital city of Scotland. Long a center of learning, it became the focus of t
8489BoulderNamed for the city of Boulder, Colorado, about 48 km northwest of Denver. Settled in 1859 by miners
8665Daun-EifelDaun is a city in the Eifel region of Germany, not far from the Belgian border. Well known for its v
8837LondonLondon, on the River Thames, is the capital of England and the United Kingdom, founded by the Romans
8849BrightonBrighton is a seaside resort about 80 km south of London. Originally a small fishing community, it g
8892KakogawaNamed for the city, in the southewestern part of Hyogo prefecture, where the first discoverer was bo
9336AltenburgNamed for the town of Altenburg, noted for its outstanding buildings (e.g. the theater and Lindenau
9376ThionvilleNamed for the French city in northeastern France, near the Luxembourg border. It lies in the center
9377MetzNamed for the French city in the Lorraine region of France, at the confluence of the Moselle and Sei
9378Nancy-LorraineNamed for the French city Nancy, in the Lorraine region of France, near the left bank of the river M
9379DijonNamed for the capital of Côte d´Or, in east-central France. In the ninth century the city was known
9380MâconNamed for the French city Mâcon in the Bourgogne, on the right side of the river Saône. Although a
9381LyonNamed for the French city Lyon, capital of the Rhône departement in east-central France, at the conf
9383MonteĺimarNamed for the city in southeastern France, near the confluence of the Roubion and Rhône rivers. The
9384AransioNamed for the city of Ornage in southeastern France in the department of Vaucluse. In early times th
9385AvignonNamed for the city in southeastern France, at the east bank of the Rhône river. In 1309 it became t
9392CavaillonCavaillon is a small city on the road from Avignon to Digne in southern France well-known for the cu
9393AptaApt, on the Calavon river, is a small city in southern France (Provence) and originally a Roman colo
9394ManosqueManosque, a small city in southern France (Provence), not far from the Durance river, has become wel
9473Ghent Named for the Flemish city Ghent (or Gand), capital of the province of East Flanders. One of the old
9523TorinoTorino is the Italian capital of the automobile and aerospace industries. Among the scientists in th
9819SangerhausenIn the vicinity of the German city of Sangerhausen, a remarkable archaeological object was unearthed
10088DigneNamed for the town of Digne, in southern France, the capital of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Situated o
10120YpresWith Bruges and Ghent, Ypres virtually controlled Flanders in the thirteenth century. During the Mi
10175AenonaLocated on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea, Aenona is the Roman name of the first capital of the
10233Le Creusot Named for the home city and observatory site of the discoverer. It is in the Burgundy region of Fran
10347MuromMurom is a historic Russian city on the left bank of the Oka river. It was founded in 862 by a settl
10374EtampesEtampes, a city on the beautiful Chalouette river near Paris, was founded at the beginning of the se
10415Mali LošinjSituated in the north part of the Adriatic Sea, the island of Mali Lošinj and the city of Mali Lošin
10468ItacurubaItacuruba, also known as Nova Itacuruba, is a town in Pernambuco State, Brazil and site of the Obser
10501ArdmachaThe city of Armagh is steeped in history. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland and home of t
10549HelsingborgHelsingborg is a town in southern Sweden at the narrowest part of the Öresund. It is the most conve
10550MalmöMalmö is Sweden's third largest town. Because of its busy port on the Öresund, it is an industrial
10551GöteborgFounded in 1603, Göteborg, on the southwest coast, is Sweden's chief seaport and second largest city
10552StockholmStockholm, the largest city in Sweden, is also the capital. Built on numerous islands, it is someti
10558KarlstadKarlstad, the capital of Värmland, lies in southwest-central Sweden, on the northern shore of Lake V
10612HouffalizeHouffalize, a small city on the Ourthe river in the province of Luxemburg (Belgium), was completely
10711PskovPskov is an old Russian city located on the banks of the Velikaya river where it enters the Pskov la
10771Ouro PrêtoOuro Prêto was the old capital of Minas Gerais. Founded in 1698 as a mining settlement, it became t
10793QuitoQuito, astride the equator, is the capital of Ecuador and the oldest of all the South American capit
10864YamagatashiThe city of Yamagata, in the center of Yamagata prefecture, is famous for its castle town and castin
10867LimaLima, a name corrupted from that of the Rimac river, on which it stands, is the capital of Peru. Es
10931CeccanoCeccano, where the discovery observations of this minor planet were made, is a small city, some 90 k
11095HavanaThe original urban nucleus of Havana, next to the port, is characterized by buildings in pure coloni
11134České BudějoviceČeské Budějovice is the historic, cultural, educational, industrial and administrative center of sou
11193MéridaThis Venezuelan city, named in 1558 by Juan Rodriguez Suarez, is also known as “the city of the gent
11334Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro, founded in 1565, is the city with the “Sugar Loaf” and a former capital of Brazil.
11538BrunicoBruneck (Brunico) is a city in South Tirol, Italy, where gymnasium pupils are inspired to participat
11580BautzenThe German city of Bautzen, founded in 1802, is located on the river Spree in the Lusatia region of
11604NovigradNovigrad, also known as Novigrad Istarski and Cittanova d'Istria, is a town and a municipality in Is
11706RijekaRijeka is the principal seaport of Croatia, located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea. T
12012KitahiroshimaKitahiroshima is a city in Hokkaido in northeastern Japan. The name means “North Hiroshima”. Begin
12100AmiensAmiens, the capital of Picardy, is famous for its cathedral, the tallest of the Gothic churches in F
12111UlmUlm is a city in Germany on the banks of the Donau river. Until World War II it was one of the most
12279LaonLaon is the capital of the Aisne department in northern France. The city is built on a 181-m hill an
12280ReimsReims is a city in the French department of Marne, the old capital (Durocortorum, later Remi) of the
12287LangresLangres is a French city in the south of the Haute-Marne department. In 1713 the great philosopher D
12288VerdunVerdun lies on the Meuse river in the Meuse department. During World War I the city was severely da
12310LondontarioThe Canadian city of London, Ontario, founded in 1854, is located at the fork of the Thames River, m
12367OurinhosOurinhos, a city in the state of Saõ Paulo, Brazil, is prone to forest fires. The name was chosen f
12376CochabambaCochabamba, a city in Bolivia, has been called the City of Eternal Spring due to its barely changing
12465Perth AmboyPerth Amboy, a New Jersey city, was settled in 1683 and incorporated in 1718. It is an important in
12490LeidenLeiden is a city in Holland at the edge of the Rhine river. Throughout history it has been an intell
12512SplitSplit is the largest Dalmatian city and the second-largest urban center in Croatia. Located on the
12533EdmondEdmond, a city in central Oklahoma, was founded on 1889 Apr. 22 in the first of the Oklahoma land ru
12581RovinjRovinj is a city on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula. It was initially built on an island
12695UtrechtUtrecht is a city in the Netherlands renowned for its university and the Sonnenborgh Observatory. In
12710BredaBreda, a city dating from 1252 in the southern part of The Netherlands, was captured in 1581 by the
12716DelftDelft, a city dating from 1246 in the southern part of The Netherlands, is famous for its blue potte
13025ZürichCapital of the canton and located at the northwestern end of the lake of the same name, Zürich is th
13094ShinshuuedaThe Ueda area of Nagano prefecture, located at the center of Japan, is called Shinshu and is surroun
13117PondicherryPondicherry is a city on the Coromandel coast in southeast India, founded by the French in 1674. In
13125TobolskTobolsk is a Russian city in western Siberia, at the confluence of the Irtysh and Tobol rivers. Foun
13128AleppoAleppo is a city in Syria which, since the 2nd century BC, is at the crossroad of several trade road
13131PalmyraPalmyra, an ancient Semitic city, was first mentioned in the early second milennium BC as a caravan
13209ArnhemArnhem, a name derived from the presence of eagles, is a city near the Rhine river in the eastern pa
13436EnidEnid, a city in northern Oklahoma, was founded on 1893 Sept. 16 in the Cherokee Outlet land run. It
13509GuayaquilGuayaquil is the largest and the most populated city in Ecuador. Founded in 1538 by the conquistador
13599LisbonOne of the oldest cities in the world, Lisbon was inhabited by pre-Celtic tribes during the Neolithi
14080HeppenheimThe beautiful city of Heppenheim, with its medieval old town that was first mentioned in the year 75
14217OaxacaThe city and state of Oaxaca was the birthplace and home of Benito Juarez, the first native-born pre
14469KomatsuatakaKomatsuataka is a seaside town in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, located in central-western Jap
14491HitachiomiyaHitachiomiya city, located in the northeast of Kanto district in central Japan, came on the scene in
14632FlensburgSituated at the end of the beautiful firth, Flensburg is the most northern city in Germany. It is a
14812RosarioOne of the largest cities in Argentina, Rosario is located near the Parana River. The city has a pl
14888KanazawashiKanazawa, also known as “Little Kyoto”, is located almost at the center of Ishikawa prefecture. In
14967MadridMadrid, capital city of Spain, is the birthplace and hometown of the second discoverer.
15318InnsbruckInnsbruck, capital of Tyrol in the heart of the Alps on the great route from Italy, has a history de
15372AgrigentoAgrigento, the old Greek city Akragas, was founded by the Greeks in 582 B.C. One of the leading cit
15417BabylonBabylon, one of the most famous cities of antiquity, was the capital of southern Mesopotamia, the re
15497LuccaThe ancient city of Lucca, on the banks of the river Serchio, is the capital of Tuscany. It is in t
15550SydneyAustralia's largest city, Sydney is also the birthplace of the discoverer of this minor planet. Est
15861IspahanIspahan is an old and beautiful Persian-Iranian city about 340 km from Teheran. Van Eyck's poem
16198BúziosThe city of Armação dos Búzios, Rio de Janeiro, is host to the Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2005 meeti
16498PassauThe Bavarian city of Passau is at the confluence of the Danube, the Inn and the Ilz. Originally a C
16515Usman'gradUsman' is an old town in Russia, founded in 1645, and birth place of a number of notable people: fam
16669RionuevoIn an effort to understand its history stretching back at least 2500 years, Tucson's Rio Nuevo proje
17651TajimiTajimi is the city in Gifu prefecture where the first discoverer lives and where this minor planet w
18609ShinobuyamaShinobuyama, called “Fuku-Shima” many centuries ago, is a small mountain in Fukushima city, Japan.
18635FrouardFrouard is a city in the Lorraine region of France known for its mill, which it has had since the hi
18637LiverdunLiverdun is a city in the Lorraine region of France. A medieval village located on a peak above a lo
19509NiigataNiigata prefecture is located on the island of Honshu, Japan. The Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012 me
19620AucklandThe largest city in New Zealand, Auckland is renowned for its beautiful harbors and its volcanic con
19914KlagenfurtKlagenfurt, the capital of the Austrian province of Kaernten, is situated on the eastern shore of th
19981BialystockSettled in 1437, the Polish city of Bialystock had many occupiers until Jan Klemens Branicki (1689-1
20243Den BoschDen Bosch (s-Hertogenbosch) is the capital of the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. The
21054OjmjakonThe coldest city on earth, Ojmjakon, lies in the Republic of Yakutia (Siberia, Russia), in the vall
21326Nitta-machiNitta-machi was a town with a population of 29,000 in county Nitta-Gun county, in the southeastern p
22292MosulMosul is a city on the Tigris in northern Iraq , 400 km north of Baghdad. The area of Mosul was a pa
22745RikuzentakataA city in Iwate, Japan, Rikuzentakata was heavily damaged by the 2011 tsunami. Its nationally design
24709MitauMitau is the ancient name of the Latvian city of Jelgava. It grew around a fortress established by
26851SarapulSarapul, a Russian city on the Kama river, was founded in the late sixteenth century and served as a
27709OrenburgEstablished in 1743, Orenburg is a city on the Ural river that served as the frontier fortress betwe
27718GoudaGouda, a city in the South Holland province of the Netherlands, was founded in 1272. The city is wel
27736EkaterinburgEkaterinburg, on the river Iset, is a city on the eastern side of the Urals. Founded in 1723 by Pet
30936BasraBasra is a city in south-eastern Iraq. It was founded in 636 CE at the historical location of Sumer,
31267KuldigaKuldiga, a city in western Latvia, was first mentioned in 1242, and it joined the Hanseatic League i
35165QuébecThe city of Québec was founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. Cradle of French civilization in Nort
35347TallinnKnown in the twelfth century as Kolyvan, and later as Reval, the Finnic-speaking community became th
35618TartuIn 1224 the Tarbatu settlement was captured by German crusaders, who named it Dorpat. The community
37623ValmieraValmiera (Wolmar) is a city in Northern Latvia. During the thirteenth century it was occupied by th
37645ChebarkulOn 2013 February 15 a small asteroid exploded above the city of Chelyabinsk. A large fragment contin
42776CasablancaCasablanca is the largest city and chief port in Morocco. Michael Curtiz' Casablanca (1942),
42924BetlemHans Betlem (b. 1954), Dutch amateur meteor astronomer and founder of the Dutch Meteor Society, is w
46595Kita-KyushuKita-Kyushu is a city in Fukuoka prefecture. Since the first government-managed steelworks was inst
48799TashikuerganTashikuergan (“Stone City”) is an ancient city along the Silk Road at the western end in China. It
52260UreshinoUreshino is a city located in Saga prefecture, Kyushu island, Japan. In legend, Ureshino's name came
54439TopekaThe capital city of Kansas, Topeka is home of the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, the Menni
58221BostonBoston, founded in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England, is the capital and largest city of the Ame
60186Las CrucesLas Cruces was founded in 1848 at a site along the Rio Grande river and has grown from a small settl
63163JerusalemJerusalem is an ancient Middle Eastern city. Its unique position among cities of the world derives
68718SafiSafi is an old city of Morocco located on the Atlantic coast. This port is well known for its sardin
72037CastelldefelsCastelldefels is a millenary city 30 km from Barcelona, visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists
72060HohhotHohhot is the capital city of the province of Inner Mongolia, China.
77755DelémontThe city of Delémont is the capital of Jura, situated 50 km southwest of Basel. In 1289 the bishop o
82332Las VegasNamed as a celestial tribute to the community of Las Vegas, Nevada, which in 100 years evolved from
96192CalgaryCalgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta. It was founded in 1875 as a post of the Nort
96193EdmontonEdmonton is the capital city of the province of Alberta. It was founded in 1795 as a trading post an
103966LuniLuni was an ancient and powerful Roman city founded in 177 BC on the shores of the Ligurian Sea. Th
110295ElcalafateEl Calafate is a city in Patagonia, Argentina. The name of the city is derived from a little bush ca
117506WildbergSince 2000 the city of Wildberg, in the northern part of Germany's Black Forest, has hosted the disc
127870VigoVigo is one of the largest and most vibrant cities of Galicia. It is an active seaport on the Spani
133243EssenEssen, in the German agglomeration “Ruhrgebiet”, is the former center of German heavy industry. It
152481StabiaCastellammare di Stabia is a city in southern Italy. The city is located close to the ancient Roman
178267SarajevoSarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city is historically famous
181043AnanWith a population of 78~000, Anan city is located in eastern Shikoku Island. The industrial zone in
185250KorostyshivKorostyshiv is an ancient city in Ukraine located on the Teteriv river. It is known as a center for
187700ZagrebZagreb is the capital and the largest city of Croatia. It is the country's cultural, scientific, ec
204852FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main, birthplace of Goethe, Karl Schwarzschild and Otto Hahn, is the largest city in th
207723JiansanjiangJiansanjiang, located in the hinterland of Sanjiang Plain, is known as “China Green Rice City”. Its
207931WeihaiWeihai is a well-known harbor and tourist city, as well as the location of the Shandong University,
210030TaoyuanTaoyuan, where the National Central University is located, is generally considered to be the gateway
210271SamarkandSamarkand is an ancient city most noted for its central position on the Silk Road. In the Middle Ag
212631HsinchuHsinchu is a city in northern Taiwan, popularly nicknamed “The Windy City” for its windy climate. Hs
220736NiihamaNiihama is the third-largest city in Ehime prefecture with a population of 125000. Established in 1
223950MississaugaMississauga, Ontario, is Canada's sixth largest city.
228180PuertollanoPuertollano is an industrial city in the province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It was
229631ClunyThe city of Cluny is in the Saône-et-Loire department (Burgundy, France), 20 km north west of Mâcon.
239200LuoyangLuoyang is an ancient city situated on the central plain of China and has a history of more than 400
241418DarmstadtDarmstadt is a German city known for its architecture of the Jugendstil period. It is the location
242479MarijampoleMarijampole, with a population of 45 000, is the largest city in the Suvalkija region of south-west
243440ColoniaColonia (Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium) is the Roman name for Köln, Germany's fourth-largest ci
243536MannheimMannheim is a German city in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, where Karl Benz appeared on the
246643MiaoliMiaoli is a city located in the mountainous terrain on the western coastline of Taiwan. The city is
256813MarburgMarburg is a German city, first mentioned in 1138. A castle and Germany's oldest gothic church domi
257533IquiqueIquique is a port city in northern Chile. It is the capital city of both the Iquique Province and t
263932SpeyerSpeyer is one of Germany's oldest cities, founded by the Romans in 10 BC. The city is dominated by t
264020StuttgartStuttgart is the capital city of the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg. The Stuttgart Obser
266711TuttlingenTuttlingen is a German city in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, first mentioned in 797. It i
269550ChurThe city of Chur, capital of Grisons canton, is the oldest town in Switzerland, with a settlement hi
270601FrauensteinFrauenstein is a small city on the crest of the Erzgebirge Mountains in Saxony, Germany. It was fi
277816VareseVarese is “the city of gardens”, in a lake district with beautiful landscapes on the border of the I
278591SalòThe city of Salò is a historic town in northern Italy on the western bank of Lake Garda.
281140TrierThe German city of Trier, birthplace of philosopher Karl Marx, was founded by the Romans in 16 BCE a
284029EsplugafrancolíThe Spanish village of l'Espluga de Francolí, Tarragona province, is famous for its long and deep ca
284945Saint-ImierThe city of Saint-Imier was founded by the hermit St. Imerius in 884. Saint-Imier is located in the
293477TeotihuacanTeotihuacan is an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub-valley of the Valley of Mexico. Apart f
294664TrakaiTrakai is a Lithuanian historic city known for its medieval island castle and lake resort. It lies
295565HannoverHannover, the capital city of the German federal state of Niedersachsen, is the birthplace of the as
296577ArkhangelskThe city of Arkhangelsk was founded in 1584 on the banks of the Northern Dvina river, near the White
301061EgelsbachEgelsbach is a German city located between Frankfurt am Main and Darmstadt, first mentioned in 1275.
301394BensheimBensheim is a German city, first mentioned in 765. It is situated in the district of the Bergstraße,
311231AnuradhapuraAnuradhapura is a UNESCO World Heritage site, situated in north-central Sri Lanka and was the capita
321024GijonGijon (Xixón in Asturian) is the largest city and municipality in the autonomous community of Asturi
336698MelbourneMelbourne is the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria. The Melbourne Observatory, which
340980Bad VilbelThe city of Bad Vilbel is a spa town with many mineral springs in midwestern Germany, bordering on n
342431HiloHilo is the largest city on “The Big Island” of Hawai'i. Hilo is one of the rainiest cities in the
346886MiddelburgMiddelburg is an old Dutch city on the isle of Walcheren in the province of Zeeland that was built
349606FleuranceFleurance is a once fortified city in Gers, in south-western France, that was founded in the 13th ce
365159GarchingGarching, a German city north of Munich, hosts many educational and research facilities, including u
366272MedellínMedellín is the second largest city in Colombia. It is a financial, commercial and industrial center
367436SienaSiena is an Italian city in the region of Tuscany, known for its beautiful medieval cityscape and t
503033New HampshireNew Hampshire is a state located in the northeast corner United States, within the region of New Eng
510466VarnaThis object was discovered by students at the Language School Frederic Joliot Curie located in Varna
604827RietavasRietavas is a Lithuanian city with 4 000 inhabitants on the Jura River. It is the capital of Rietav


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