List of minor planets named after places

This is a list of minor planets named after places, organized by continent.

Africa

1193 Africa (Africa)

Countries of Africa

1197 Rhodesia (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe)
1213 Algeria (Algeria)
1268 Libya (Libya)
1278 Kenya (Kenya)
1279 Uganda (Uganda)
1430 Somalia (Somalia)
1432 Ethiopia (Ethiopia)
1638 Ruanda (Rwanda)
1712 Angola (Angola)
1718 Namibia (Namibia)
1816 Liberia (Liberia)
8766 Niger (Niger)
19913 Aigyptios (Ancient Greek name of Egypt)

Cities of Africa

790 Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa)
858 El Djezaïr (Algiers)
859 Bouzaréah (Bouzareah)
6362 Tunis (Tunis)
1431 Luanda (Luanda, city in Angola)
260824 Hermanus (Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa)

Provinces of Africa

1242 Zambesia (Zambezia Province of Mozambique)

Asia

67 Asia (Asia)
1157 Arabia (Arabia)
2169 Taiwan (Taiwan)
16563 Ob (Ob River in central Asia)
27596 Maldives (Maldives)

Japan

China

Indonesia

536 Merapi (Mount Marapi, West Sumatera)
732 Tjilaki (Cilaki River, West Java)
754 Malabar (Mount Malabar, West Java)
770 Bali (Bali Island)
772 Tanete (Tanete, Sulawesi)
85047 Krakatau (Krakatoa, a volcanic island situated in the Sunda Strait, between Java and Sumatera)
118102 Rinjani (Mount Rinjani, Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara)

Korea

Middle East

697 Galilee (Galilee)
7079 Baghdad (Baghdad, capital of Iraq)
7507 Israel (Israel)
13128 Aleppo (Aleppo, Syria)
13131 Palmyra (Palmyra, Syria)
15417 Babylon (Babylon, capital of ancient Mesopotamia)
22260 Ur (Ur, city-state of ancient Mesopotamia)
56000 Mesopotamia (Mesopotamia)
63163 Jerusalem (Jerusalem)

Philippines

13513 Manila (Manila, the capital of the Philippines)
134346 Pinatubo (Mount Pinatubo, volcano on Luzon island in the Philippines)

Vietnam

7816 Hanoi (Hanoi)

Russia and the former Soviet Union (Asia)

780 Armenia (Armenia)
1094 Siberia (Siberia, Russia)
2120 Tyumenia (Tyumen Oblast, 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)
210271 Samarkand (Samarkand, the ancient city in Uzbekistan)

Europe

257 Silesia (Silesia)
1381 Danubia (River Danube)
1391 Carelia (Karelia)
2206 Gabrova (Gabrovo, Bulgaria)
2236 Austrasia (Austrasia, historic region from western Germany to eastern France)
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)

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)
13995 Tõravere (Tõravere, Estonia)
23617 Duna (Riga, Latvia)
24709 Mitau (Jelgava, Latvia)
24794 Kurland (Courland, Latvia)
35618 Tartu (Tartu, Estonia)
37623 Valmiera (Valmiera, Latvia)
73059 Kaunas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
274084 Baldone (Baldone, Latvia)

Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg)

Czech Republic

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)
4405 Otava (Otava River)
4408 Zlatá Koruna (Zlatá Koruna)
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)
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 Czech hill near Kleť mountain)

Denmark

2117 Danmark (Danmark, Danish for Denmark)
13586 Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Eastern Europe

183 Istria (Istria, Croatia)
434 Hungaria (Hungary)
589 Croatia (Croatia)
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)
12123 Pazin (Pazin, Croatia)
12124 Hvar (Hvar, Croatia)
13121 Tisza (Tisza River)
38674 Těšínsko (Těšínsko, a region in south-eastern Silesia, nowadays in the Czech Republic and Poland)
178267 Sarajevo (Sarajevo, the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
187700 Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia)

Finland

France

20 Massalia (old name of Marseille)
21 Lutetia (old name of Paris)
138 Tolosa (old name of Toulouse)
3317 Paris (Paris)
4690 Strasbourg (Strasbourg)
6268 Versailles (Versailles)
8371 Goven (Goven)
9381 Lyon (Lyon)
9385 Avignon (Avignon)
100033 Taizé (Taizé)

Germany

241 Germania (Germany)

Cities and towns:

Regions:

Greece

582 Olympia (Olympia)
1119 Euboea (Euboea)
1138 Attica (Attica)
1142 Aetolia (Aetolia)
1150 Achaia (Achaea)
1151 Ithaka (Ithaca)
1161 Thessalia (Thessaly)
4356 Marathon (Marathon)
4357 Korinthos (Corinth)
(73769) Delphi (Delphi, archaeological site and modern town)

Hungary

Iceland

39529 Vatnajökull (Vatnajökull (Glacier of Lakes), the largest glacier in Iceland)

Italy

416 Vaticana (Vatican City)
472 Roma (Rome)
477 Italia (Italy)
487 Venetia (Venice)
704 Interamnia (Teramo)
1191 Alfaterna (Nocera Inferiore, previously called Nuceria Alfaterna)
2601 Bologna (Bologna)
3122 Florence (Florence)
4335 Verona (Verona)
4464 Vulcano (Vulcano, Italy)
4695 Mediolanum (Latin name of Milano)
10001 Palermo (Palermo, the capital of Sicily)
11249 Etna (Mount Etna, Sicily)
14486 Tuscia (the ancient name of Tuscany, region in central Italy)

Poland

1112 Polonia (Poland)
1352 Wawel (Wawel - Kraków)
16689 Vistula (Latin name Vistula River)

Cities:

690 Wratislavia (Latin name Wrocław)
764 Gedania (Latin name Gdańsk)
1110 Jaroslawa (Paul Herget The Names of the Minor Planets Jarosław?)
1263 Varsavia (Latin name Warsaw)
1419 Danzig (German name Gdańsk)
1572 Posnania (Latin name Poznań)
12999 Toruń (Toruń)
19981 Bialystock (Białystok)
46977 Krakow (Kraków)

Regions:

257 Silesia (Silesia)
38674 Těšínsko (Těšínsko, a region in south-eastern Silesia, nowadays in the Czech Republic and Poland)

Portugal

3933 Portugal (Portugal)
13599 Lisbon (Lisbon)

Russia and the former Soviet Union (Europe)

232 Russia (Russia)
787 Moskva (Moscow, Russia)
951 Gaspra (Gaspra, Ukraine)
1140 Crimea (Crimea, Ukraine)
1146 Biarmia (Bjarmaland, historical region in northern Russia)
1147 Stavropolis (Stavropol, Russia)
1149 Volga (Volga River)
1284 Latvia (Latvia)
1479 Inkeri (Ingria)
1480 Aunus (Olonets, Russia)
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 Litva (Lithuania)
2606 Odessa (Odessa, Ukraine)
2699 Kalinin (Kalinin, now Tver, Russia)
2922 Dikan'ka (Dykanka, Ukraine)
2983 Poltava (Poltava, Ukraine)
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)
160013 Elbrus (Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain of the Caucasus in Russia)

Scandinavia

2191 Uppsala (Uppsala and Uppsala University, Sweden)
2676 Aarhus (Århus, Denmark)
6795 Örnsköldsvik (Örnsköldsvik, Sweden)
6796 Sundsvall (Sundsvall, Sweden)
6797 Östersund (Östersund, Sweden)
9358 Faro (Fårö, small island off of Gotland)
10549 Helsingborg (Helsingborg, Sweden)
10550 Malmö (Malmö, Sweden)
10551 Göteborg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
10552 Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)
11870 Sverige (Sverige, Swedish name for Sweden)
11871 Norge (Norge, Bokmål name for Norway)

Slovakia

Spain

804 Hispania
945 Barcelona (Barcelona)
1159 Granada (Granada)
2189 Zaragoza (Zaragoza)
5879 Almeria (Almeria)
5941 Valencia (Valencia)
7742 Altamira (Cave of Altamira)
9453 Mallorca (Majorca)
13260 Sabadell (Sabadell)
14967 Madrid (Madrid)
99193 Obsfabra (Fabra Observatory in Barcelona)
321024 Gijon (Gijon)
325366 Asturias (Asturias)

Switzerland

Cities and villages

(1313) Berna (Bern, capital of Switzerland)
1938 Lausanna (Lausanne)
1935 Lucerna (Lucerne)
1936 Lugano (Lugano)
1937 Locarno (Locarno)
1775 Zimmerwald (Zimmerwald)
13025 Zürich (Zürich)

Regions (Cantons)

1687 Glarona (Glarus)
1768 Appenzella (Appenzell)

Turkey

United Kingdom

North America

Canada

6714 Montréal (Montreal, Québec)
12310 Londontario (London, Ontario)
35165 Québec (Quebec City, Québec)
96192 Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)
96193 Edmonton (Edmonton, Alberta)
176710 Banff (Banff, Alberta)
176711 Canmore (Canmore, Alberta)
223950 Mississauga (Mississauga, Ontario)

United States of America

States:

Cities and towns:

334 Chicago (Chicago)
484 Pittsburghia (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
508 Princetonia (Princeton University)
516 Amherstia (Amherst College, Massachusetts)
581 Tauntonia (Taunton, Massachusetts)
691 Lehigh (Lehigh University, Pennsylvania)
716 Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
736 Harvard (Harvard University)
1345 Potomac (Potomac)
2118 Flagstaff (Flagstaff, Arizona)
2224 Tucson (Tucson, AZ)
2284 San Juan (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
3031 Houston (Houston, Texas)
3043 San Diego (San Diego, California)
3512 Eriepa (Erie, Pennsylvania)
6216 San Jose (San Jose, California)
7041 Nantucket (Nantucket, Massachusetts)
10379 Lake Placid (Lake Placid, New York)
11739 Baton Rouge (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
12382 Niagara Falls (Niagara Falls)
12464 Manhattan (Manhattan)
32570 Peruindiana (Peru, Indiana)
58221 Boston (Boston, Massachusetts)
82332 Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nevada)
397279 Bloomsburg (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania)

México

6035 Citlaltépetl (Citlaltépetl, a dormant volcano and the highest mountain (5636 m) in Mexico)
10799 Yucatán (Yucatán, Mexico)
10806 Mexico (Mexico)
14217 Oaxaca (Oaxaca)

Oceania

3563 Canterbury (Canterbury, New Zealand)
40227 Tahiti (Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia)
81203 Polynesia (French Polynesia)
171183 Haleakala (Haleakala, volcano on the island of Maui)
188534 Mauna Kea (Mauna Kea, volcano on the island of Hawaii)
221465 Rapa Nui (Rapa Nui, the name of Easter Island in the Polynesian Rapanui language)
386622 New Zealand (New Zealand)

Australia:

525 Adelaide (Adelaide)
3953 Perth (Perth)
5277 Brisbane (Brisbane)
8088 Australia (Australia)
11304 Cowra (Cowra, New South Wales, Australia)
15550 Sydney (Sydney)
336698 Melbourne (Melbourne)

Polar regions

South and Central America

293 Brasilia (Brazil)
469 Argentina (Argentina)
1008 La Paz (La Paz)
1029 La Plata (La Plata)
1042 Amazone (Amazon River)
4636 Chile (Chile)
8277 Machu-Picchu (Machu Picchu, Peru)
8279 Cuzco (Cuzco, Peru)
9357 Venezuela (Venezuela)
10071 Paraguay (Paraguay)
10072 Uruguay (Uruguay)
10792 Ecuador (Ecuador
10797 Guatemala (Guatemala)
10866 Peru (Peru)
10867 Lima (Lima, Peru)
11055 Honduras (Honduras)
11083 Caracas (Caracas, Venezuela)
11094 Cuba (Cuba)
11095 Havana (Havana, Cuba)
11193 Mérida (Mérida, Venezuela)
11334 Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
11335 Santiago (Santiago, Chile)
11908 Nicaragua (Nicaragua)
12325 Bogota (Bogotá, Colombia)
13509 Guayaquil (Guayaquil, Ecuador)
366272 Medellin (Medellin, Colombia)

Fictional places

See also

References

Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser" http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi (accessed 6 April 2012).

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