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List of asteroids named after places
This is a list of asteroids named after places, organized by continent.
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Africa
- 1193 Africa (Africa)
- 790 Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa)
- 1197 Rhodesia (Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe)
- 1213 Algeria (Algeria)
- 1278 Kenya (Kenya)
- 1279 Uganda (Uganda)
- 1432 Ethiopia (Ethiopia)
- 1638 Ruanda (Rwanda)
- 1718 Namibia (Namibia)
- 1816 Liberia (Liberia)
Asia
- 1157 Arabia (Arabia)
- 1584 Fuji (Mount Fuji, Japan)
- 2169 Taiwan (Taiwan)
- 3720 Hokkaido (Hokkaido, Japan)
China
- 1125 China (China)
- 2045 Peking (Peking, now Beijing, China)
- 2197 Shanghai (Shanghai, China)
- 3297 Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- 3494 Purple Mountain (Purple Mountain Observatory)
- 3613 Kunlun (Kunlun Mountains)
Russia and the former Soviet Union (Asia)
Many of these names were given by Soviet astronomers between 1917 and 1990.
- 780 Armenia (Armenia)
- 1094 Siberia (Siberia, 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)
Europe
- 1381 Danubia (River Danube)
Czech Republic
- 2123 Vltava (Vltava river)
- 2403 Šumava (Šumava )
- 2747 Český Krumlov (Český Krumlov)
- 2889 Brno (Brno)
Eastern Europe
- 434 Hungaria (Hungary)
- 589 Croatia (Croatia)
- 690 Wratislavia (Wroclaw, Poland)
- 1160 Illyria (Illyria, Croatia)
- 1284 Latvia (Latvia)
- 1537 Transylvania (Transylvania, Romania)
- 1807 Slovakia (Slovakia)
- 2315 Czechoslovakia (Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
- 2575 Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
- 4018 Bratislava (Bratislava, Slovakia)
- 9674 Slovenija (Slovenia)
France
- 21 Lutetia (Paris)
- 138 Tolosa (Toulouse)
- 4690 Strasbourg (Strasbourg)
- 6268 Versailles (Versailles)
- 9385 Avignon (Avignon)
Germany
- 241 Germania (Germany)
- 257 Silesia (Silesia)
- 301 Bavaria (Bavaria)
- 371 Bohemia (Bohemia)
- 930 Westphalia (Westphalia)
- 10775 Leipzig (Leipzig)
Italy
- 472 Roma (Rome)
- 477 Italia (Italy)
- 487 Venetia (Venice)
- 704 Interamnia (Teramo)
- 2601 Bologna (Bologna)
- 4464 Vulcano (Vulcano, Italy)
Greece
- 582 Olympia (Olympia)
- 1119 Euboea (Euboea)
- 1138 Attica (Attica)
- 1151 Ithaka (Ithaca)
- 1161 Thessalia (Thessaly)
- 4356 Marathon (Marathon)
- 4357 Korinthos (Corinth)
The Low Countries
- 1294 Antwerpia (Antwerp, Belgium)
- 1336 Zeelandia (Zeeland, Netherlands)
- 2713 Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
- 9471 Ostend (Ostend, Belgium)
- 9472 Bruges (Bruges, Belgium)
- 9473 Ghent (Ghent, Belgium)
Russia and the former Soviet Union (Europe)
Many of these names were given by Soviet astronomers between 1917 and 1990.
- 787 Moskva (Moscow, Russia)
- 1140 Crimea (Crimea, Ukraine)
- 1149 Volga (Volga River)
- 2046 Leningrad (Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg)
- 2121 Sevastopol (Sevastopol, Ukraine)
- 2141 Simferopol (Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, now Ukraine)
- 2170 Byelorussia (Belarus)
- 2171 Kiev (Kiev, Ukraine)
- 2419 Moldavia (Moldavia)
- 2606 Odessa (Odessa, Ukraine)
- 2699 Kalinin (Kalinin, now Tver, Russia)
- 3012 Minsk (Minsk, Belarus)
Scandinavia
- 1495 Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland)
- 1500 Jyväskylä (Jyväskylä, Finland)
- 2191 Uppsala (Uppsala and Uppsala University, Sweden)
- 2676 Aarhus (Århus, Denmark)
- 10549 Helsingborg (Helsingborg, Sweden)
- 10550 Malmö (Malmö, Sweden)
- 10551 Göteborg (Göteborg, Sweden)
- 10552 Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)
Spain
- 945 Barcelona (Barcelona)
- 1159 Granada (Granada)
- 9453 Mallorca (Majorca)
Turkey
- 1174 Marmara (Sea of Marmara)
United Kingdom
- 2830 Greenwich (Greenwich)
- 8837 London (London)
- 8849 Brighton (Brighton)
North America
Canada
USA
- 334 Chicago (Chicago)
- 341 California (California)
- 484 Pittsburghia (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- 508 Princetonia (Princeton University)
- 516 Amherstia (Amherst College, Massachusetts)
- 736 Harvard (Harvard University)
- 793 Arizona (Arizona)
- 916 America (United States of America)
- 581 Tauntonia (Taunton, Massachusetts)
- 1345 Potomac (Potomac)
- 1602 Indiana (Indiana)
- 2322 Kitt Peak (Kitt Peak, Arizona)
- 3031 Houston (Houston, Texas)
- 3043 San Diego (San Diego, California)
- 7041 Nantucket (Nantucket, Massachusetts)
- 10195 Nebraska (Nebraska)
Oceania
- 3563 Canterbury (Canterbury, New Zealand)
- 8088 Australia (Australia)
Polar regions
- 1031 Arctica (The Arctic)
- 2404 Antarctica (Antarctica)
South and Central America
- 293 Brasilia (Brazil)
- 469 Argentina (Argentina)
- 4337 Arecibo (Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico)
- 8277 Machu-Picchu (Machu Picchu, Peru)
- 8279 Cuzco (Cuzco, Peru)
- 9357 Venezuela (Venezuela)
- 10972 Ecuador (Ecuador)
- 10973 Quito (Quito, Ecuador)
- 10797 Guatemala (Guatemala)
- 10799 Yucatán (Yucatán, Mexico)
Fictional places
- 1282 Utopia (Utopia)
See also
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