Minor Planet Discovery Sites
The following table lists the total number of discoveries made at each of the most prolific discovery sites, arranged in decreasing order of number of discoveries.
Rank Discoveries Between Site name
1 106593 1980-2009 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico
2 22193 1981-2009 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak-Spacewatch
3 15032 1999-2007 Palomar Mountain/NEAT
4 13324 1998-2008 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS
5 6522 1949-2007 Palomar Mountain
6 6243 1998-2009 Catalina Sky Survey
7 5458 1976-2005 European Southern Observatory, La Silla
8 5441 1995-2006 Haleakala-AMOS
9 2817 2004-2009 Mt. Lemmon Survey
10 2442 1991-2002 Oizumi
11 1745 1975-2007 Siding Spring Observatory
12 1374 1995-2001 Visnjan
13 1373 2001-2009 LPL/Spacewatch II
14 1285 1966-1992 Crimea-Nauchnij
15 1213 1982-2002 Peking Observatory, Xinglong Station
16 1188 2001-2005 Desert Eagle Observatory
17 875 1977-2002 Klet Observatory, Ceske Budejovice
18 850 1996-1999 Caussols-ODAS
19 822 1891-2007 Heidelberg-Konigstuhl
20 751 1997-2008 Reedy Creek
21 723 1987-2000 Kushiro
22 698 1973-2000 Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station
23 661 1987-2006 Kitami
24 643 1996-2005 Campo Imperatore-CINEOS
25 606 1994-2003 Ondrejov
26 580 2004-2008 Siding Spring Survey
27 579 1995-2003 Prescott
28 537 1995-2002 Haleakala-NEAT/GEODSS
29 536 1961-1995 Karl Schwarzschild Observatory, Tautenburg
30 476 1999-2003 Fountain Hills
31 442 1996-2008 Goodricke-Pigott Observatory, Tucson
32 320 1993-2000 Nachi-Katsuura Observatory
33 273 1978-1996 Caussols
34 262 1997-2009 Crni Vrh
35 258 1978-2006 Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena
36 257 1925-2005 Uccle
37 251 1995-2009 Bergisch Gladbach
38 243 1998-2004 Apache Point-Sloan Digital Sky Survey
39 238 1994-2007 San Marcello Pistoiese
40 236 2000-2001 Desert Beaver Observatory
41 235 1982-2006 Kitt Peak
42 223 1981-1998 Geisei
43 216 1998-2007 Farpoint Observatory, Eskridge
44 199 1935-1953 Turku
45 195 1997-1999 Woomera
46 176 1993-2002 Farra d'Isonzo
47 174 1987-2000 Gekko
174 1975-2005 Uppsala-Kvistaberg
49 170 1996-2005 George Observatory, Needville
50 164 1988-1999 Nihondaira Observatory
This list was last updated on 2009 June 7.
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