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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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