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.

This list was last updated on 2012 Jan. 10.

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 Rank Discoveries     Between    Site name

    1   129801       1980-2010   Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico
    2    51874       1973-2011   Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak-Spacewatch
    3    24989       1960-2010   Palomar Mountain/NEAT
    4    17641       1998-2008   Lowell Observatory-LONEOS
    5    13309       1973-2010   Catalina Sky Survey
    6    13107       1977-2011   Mt. Lemmon Survey
    7     6813       1995-2006   Haleakala-AMOS
    8     6720       1949-2008   Palomar Mountain
    9     5590       1976-2010   European Southern Observatory, La Silla
   10     2773       2000-2010   LPL/Spacewatch II
   11     2468       1991-2002   Oizumi
   12     1800       1975-2007   Siding Spring Observatory
   13     1422       2001-2008   Desert Eagle Observatory
   14     1398       1995-2001   Visnjan
   15     1323       2000-2010   Siding Spring Survey
   16     1285       1966-1992   Crimea-Nauchnij
   17     1250       1982-2002   Peking Observatory, Xinglong Station
   18     1038       1997-2008   Reedy Creek
   19     1023       1996-2005   Campo Imperatore-CINEOS
   20      967       1960-2010   OAM Observatory, La Sagra
   21      921       1996-1999   Caussols-ODAS
   22      892       1977-2002   Klet Observatory, Ceske Budejovice
   23      823       1891-2007   Heidelberg-Konigstuhl
   24      724       1998-2004   Apache Point-Sloan Digital Sky Survey
   25      723       1987-2000   Kushiro
   26      703       1973-2007   Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station
   27      677       1987-2008   Kitami
   28      667       1994-2008   Ondrejov
   29      659       1996-2010   Goodricke-Pigott Observatory, Tucson
   30      633       1995-2003   Prescott
   31      548       1995-2002   Haleakala-NEAT/GEODSS
   32      538       1961-1995   Karl Schwarzschild Observatory, Tautenburg
   33      497       1999-2003   Fountain Hills
   34      454       1995-2010   Bergisch Gladbach
   35      429       1982-2007   Kitt Peak
   36      382       1996-2010   WISE
   37      363       1994-2010   Crni Vrh
   38      347       1978-2006   Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena
   39      321       1993-2000   Nachi-Katsuura Observatory
   40      301       1998-2009   Farpoint Observatory, Eskridge
   41      296       1925-2009   Uccle
   42      289       2002-2010   RAS Observatory, Mayhill
   43      275       1992-2008   Mauna Kea
   44      273       1978-1996   Caussols
   45      269       2002-2009   Lulin Observatory
   46      267       1995-2010   University of Szeged, Piszkesteto Stn. (Konkoly)
   47      266       2004-2006   Apache Point
           266       2000-2010   Bisei Spaceguard Center-BATTeRS
   49      264       1994-2008   San Marcello Pistoiese
   50      247       1996-2009   George Observatory, Needville