nr ↓ | name ↓ | Name Source ↓ |
336 | Lacadiera | Named for the village La Cadière-d’Azur in the departement Var in southern France where the discover |
346 | Hermentaria | Named probably for the village of Herment in the département du Puy-de-Dôme (Auvergne region). (H 39 |
1245 | Calvinia | Named for a village in the Cape Province, South Africa. (H 115) |
1324 | Knysna | Named by the discoverer for the village in the Cape Province, South Africa. (H 121) |
1325 | Inanda | This is a name of a village community inhabited by the Zulus. (H 121) |
1874 | Kacivelia | Named in honor of the Black Sea Hydrographical Station (now the Marine Hydrographical Institute). Ka |
1879 | Broederstroom | Named for the village in South Africa near which the Leiden Southern Observatory was located from 19 |
1942 | Jablunka | Named after a village in eastern Moravia {see planet (1901)}, Czechoslovakia, which is alive in the |
2694 | Pino Torinese | Named for the small village in which the Turin Observatory is situated. (M 7474) |
3250 | Martebo | Named for a small village on the island of Gotland, where the discoverer spends his summer vacations |
3274 | Maillen | Named for the discoverer’s birthplace, a village of 1,000 inhabitants in Wallony, 15 km south of Nam |
3544 | Borodino | Named for a village not far from Moscow where there was a fierce battle between the Russians and Nap |
3559 | Violaumayer | Named for the village Violau in Bavaria and in honor of Martin Mayer, who there directs the “Bruder- |
3920 | Aubignan | Named for the small village in the French Provence, at the foot of the Mont Ventoux, where the disco |
3928 | Randa | Named for a picturesque old village near Zermatt. This minor planet’s number is the same as the vill |
4191 | Assesse | Named for the birthplace of the discoverer’s father, a charming village in southern Belgium, site of |
4277 | Holubov | Named for a picturesque village in southern Bohemia northeast of Kleť Mountain. Near Holubov there a |
4661 | Yebes | The village of Yebes, in the Alcarria region, is beautifully described by the Spanish Nobel laureate |
5022 | Roccapalumba | Named in honor of Roccapalumba, a village in Sicily, for the enthusiastic support that the local adm |
5110 | Belgirate | Named for the pleasant village on the western shore of Lake Maggiore, close to the town of Novara, o |
5227 | Bocacara | Bocacara is a village in Spain, located 80 km SW of the historic university city of Salamanca. It wa |
5229 | Irurita | Irurita is one of 15 villages nestled in the Baztan Valley, within the autonomous community of Navar |
5384 | Changjiangcun | The village of Changjiangcun, at the harbor of Zhangjiagan city in Jiangsu province, has the same na |
6060 | Doudleby | Named for a village in southern Bohemia, south of České Budějovice. It was first mentioned as a sit |
6158 | Shosanbetsu | Shosanbetsu, a village in Hokkaido with a population of about 1450, was established in 1909. The na |
6168 | Isnello | Isnello, a pleasant village in Sicily's Madonie Natural Park, has long been famous for its tradition |
6171 | Uttorp | Uttorp, a village in southeastern Sweden, is part of a nature reserve used by the local astronomy cl |
6793 | Palazzolo | Named for the village of Palazzolo sull’Oglio, situated between Brescia and Bergamo and crossed by t |
7118 | Kuklov | Kuklov is a small village in southern Bohemia northwest of Klet Mountain. There are impressive remn |
7556 | Perinaldo | Perinaldo is a village in Liguria, Italy, where the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625-1712) |
7647 | Etrepigny | Named for a small village in the French Ardennes, close to the Belgian border. (M 30478) |
8371 | Goven | The village of Goven in Brittany is the home of the Bernardinis, who were an extraordinary host fami |
8420 | Angrogna | Named for a village nestled in the Cottian Alps, in the Piedmont region of Italy, where the discover |
8541 | Schalkenmehren | Schalkenmehren is a small village not far from the city of Daun in the German Ardennes (Eifel). A s |
8687 | Caussols | The observatory at Caussols, in the French Alps-Maritimes, is situated above the northern part of a |
8826 | Corneville | Corneville is a small village in Normandy, the setting for the 1877 operetta by Robert Planquette |
9579 | Passchendaele | Passchendaele is a village in West Flanders, close to Ypres. The village was first mentioned in 844 |
10126 | Lärbro | At the church in the Gotland village of Lärbro there is a well-preserved defense tower from the elev |
10814 | Gnisvärd | Gnisvärd is a small fishing village on Gotland. One of the largest stone ships on the island, almos |
10975 | Schelderode | Schelderode is an agrarian village founded in the tenth century and located along the river Schelde |
11195 | Woomera | Woomera, Aboriginal for spear thrower, is a village in the Australian outback founded in 1947 as a r |
11842 | Kap'bos | Kap'bos is a small village, about 20 km east of the city of Antwerp. In 1936 the discoverer was born |
12751 | Kamihayashi | Kamihayashi is a village of 10~000 in the heart of Japan's rice-growing region in northern Niigata p |
12833 | Kamenný Újezd | This pleasant village south of Ceske Budejovice, first mentioned in 1263, was situated on an old roa |
13151 | Polino | Polino, a typical village with about 250 inhabitants, is the smallest municipality in Italy. It ris |
13217 | Alpbach | Alpbach, the beautiful mountain village situated in the Tyrolean Alps, hosts the annual Summer Schoo |
13494 | Treiso | Treiso is a village near Alba, Piemonte. Each year, a day is set aside to celebrate both astronomy |
13701 | Roquebrune | Roquebrune sur Argens is a typical Provençal village located at the foot of the well-known “Rocher d |
14097 | Capdepera | Capdepera, a village in eastern Mallorca where the first discoverer lived for many years, is celebr |
18156 | Kamisaibara | Kamisaibara is the village in Okayama prefecture where the Kamisaibara Spaceguard Center is located. |
18335 | San Cassiano | A small village in the hills near Verona, San Cassiano is renowned for its high-quality oil (Grignan |
18431 | Stazzema | Stazzema, a pleasant village located in the Alpi Apuane mountains of Tuscany, Italy. Since 2000, it |
18441 | Cittadivinci | Vinci is a small beautiful village in Tuscany, where the great genius Leonardo da Vinci was born in |
18567 | Segenthau | Segenthau, located in the Banat region south of the Maros river, is a small village founded in 1771 |
19141 | Poelkapelle | Poelkapelle, a village in West Flanders near the city of Ypres, has a rich historical past. In 1037 |
19142 | Langemarck | Langemarck is a village in West Flanders. In 1102 a parish church was erected there under the patron |
20140 | Costitx | The village of Costitx is the geographical zero point of the island of Majorca, a place of great arc |
22470 | Shirakawa-go | Shirakawa=go is the village located on the border of Gifu Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture, Japan. |
22978 | Nyrola | Nyrola is a small rural village in central Finland and the site of the countryside observatory of th |
24837 | Mšecké Žehrovice | Mšecké Žehrovice is a central Bohemian village known for its remnants of an ancient Celtic sanctuary |
30835 | Waterloo | Waterloo is a small village near Brussels, known as the site of the 1815 battle. Napoleon's French |
39516 | Lusigny | Lusigny (sur Barse) is a small French village near the Lac d'Orient in Aube. It was the first stop o |
43954 | Chýnov | Chýnov is a south Bohemian village first mentioned in the Chronicle of Cosmas in 981. The we |
48159 | Saint-Véran | Located in the southern French Alps, Saint-Véran is the highest village in France. Astronomy has bee |
73782 | Yanagida | Yanagida village is located in the center of Noto peninsula. This village is home of the Yanagida A |
90711 | Stotternheim | Stotternheim is a village near Erfurt, where the young Martin Luther began his study. He travelled t |
104896 | Schwanden | The village of Schwanden is part of Sigriswil, in the canton of Berne. In 2000 the Swiss teacher Th |
117156 | Altschwendt | Altschwendt is a rural village in the northwestern part of Austria. The rural environment with littl |
120405 | Svyatylivka | Svyatylivka, a small village on the banks of the Dnieper and Sula rivers, has been known since the s |
129342 | Ependes | Ependes is a small village in a green landscape some 6 km from Fribourg, Switzerland. This municipa |
133404 | Morogues | Morogues is a charming village in central France famous for its white wine “appellation Menetou-Salo |
143641 | Sapello | Sapello is a small village in northern New Mexico that became an important trading stop for traveler |
144096 | Wiesendangen | The name of this village in northeastern Switzerland, first mentioned in a document in the year 804 |
181483 | Ampleforth | Ampleforth, a tranquil village on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors in the north of England, is |
181824 | Königsleiten | The village of Königsleiten is part of Wald im Pinzgau, in the Austrian province of Salzburg. In 19 |
183114 | Vicques | Vicques is a small village in Swiss Jura and has been home to the Jura Observatory since 1998. The |
184508 | Courroux | Courroux is a village in the Swiss Jura near Delémont. In the remains of a Gallo-Roman villa about |
185580 | Andratx | Andratx is a village located in the west of the island of Mallorca. The Andratx Astronomical Associ |
185633 | Rainbach | Rainbach is a rural village in the northwestern part of Austria. The rural environment with little l |
209540 | Siurana | The village of Siurana, at the top of an escarpment in the Prades Mountains in the Montsant region o |
235027 | Pommard | The French village of Pommard is situated directly south of Beaune, in the famous Burgundy vineyard |
259905 | Vougeot | The Burgundy village of Vougeot is situated between Beaune and Dijon, France. The Clos de Vougeot vi |
260824 | Hermanus | The village Hermanuspietersfontein, later shortened to Hermanus, was founded in honor of a man who t |
262705 | Vosne-Romanée | The Burgundy village of Vosne-Romanée is situated between Beaune and Dijon,France. Vosne-Romanée its |
273994 | Cinqueterre | Cinque Terre (five villages) is in the Liguria region of Italy. The coastline and the surrounding hi |
283057 | Casteldipiazza | Castel di Piazza is an ancient medieval village in northern Tuscany, near Florence. The first disco |
291847 | Ladoix | The French village of Ladoix is situated north of Beaune, in the famous Burgundy vineyard region. Th |
297026 | Corton | The French village of Aloxe-Corton is situated directly north of Beaune, in the famous Burgundy vine |
318412 | Tramelan | Tramelan is a watch-making village situated in the south of the Swiss Franches-Montagnes district. |
331011 | Peccioli | Peccioli is a village located in Alta Valdera in the Italian district of Pisa, near to the discovery |
347028 | Važec | Važec is a village in northern Slovakia, within the district of Liptovský Mikuláš in the Žilina Regi |
365130 | Birnfeld | Birnfeld is a small village located in the Hassberge Nature Park in northern Bavaria, Germany. This |
410928 | Maidbronn | Maidbronn is a small village in northern Bavaria, Germany. The village was first mentioned in 1169, |
423205 | Echezeaux | The village of Flagey-Echezeaux is situated between Beaune and Dijon, France. The Echezeaux wineyard |