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 2013 Apr. 27.

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 Rank Discoveries     Between    Site name

    1   137181       1977-2011   Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico
    2    69545       1973-2012   Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak-Spacewatch
    3    28731       1960-2011   Palomar Mountain/NEAT
    4    21182       1977-2012   Mt. Lemmon Survey
    5    19048       1998-2008   Lowell Observatory-LONEOS
    6    17244       1973-2011   Catalina Sky Survey
    7     7252       1993-2010   Haleakala-AMOS
    8     6770       1949-2008   Palomar Mountain
    9     5627       1976-2010   European Southern Observatory, La Silla
   10     3503       1995-2010   LPL/Spacewatch II
   11     2473       1991-2002   Oizumi
   12     1819       1975-2007   Siding Spring Observatory
   13     1660       1960-2011   OAM Observatory, La Sagra
   14     1646       1999-2010   Siding Spring Survey
   15     1500       2001-2008   Desert Eagle Observatory
   16     1466       1960-2013   Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala
   17     1400       1995-2001   Visnjan
   18     1285       1966-1992   Crimea-Nauchnij
   19     1260       1982-2002   Peking Observatory, Xinglong Station
   20     1157       1996-2005   Campo Imperatore-CINEOS
   21     1116       1997-2008   Reedy Creek
   22     1037       1998-2006   Apache Point-Sloan Digital Sky Survey
   23      992       1977-2010   WISE
   24      932       1996-1999   Caussols-ODAS
   25      893       1977-2002   Klet Observatory, Ceske Budejovice
   26      823       1891-2007   Heidelberg-Konigstuhl
   27      754       1996-2010   Goodricke-Pigott Observatory, Tucson
   28      723       1987-2000   Kushiro
   29      706       1973-2009   Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station
   30      689       1994-2008   Ondrejov
   31      684       1987-2008   Kitami
   32      643       1995-2003   Prescott
   33      561       1994-2010   Bergisch Gladbach
   34      556       1995-2002   Haleakala-NEAT/GEODSS
   35      538       1961-1995   Karl Schwarzschild Observatory, Tautenburg
   36      513       1982-2008   Kitt Peak
   37      501       1999-2003   Fountain Hills
   38      423       1994-2010   Crni Vrh
   39      409       1990-2011   Purple Mountain Observatory, XuYi Station
   40      403       1977-2010   Observatoire Chante-Perdrix, Dauban
   41      402       2004-2006   Apache Point
   42      379       1995-2011   iTelescope Observatory, Mayhill
   43      374       1978-2007   Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena
   44      368       1995-2011   University of Szeged, Piszkesteto Stn. (Konkoly)
   45      361       2000-2010   Bisei Spaceguard Center-BATTeRS
   46      350       1992-2009   Mauna Kea
   47      349       1993-2009   Lulin Observatory
   48      338       1998-2009   Farpoint Observatory, Eskridge
   49      321       1993-2000   Nachi-Katsuura Observatory
   50      318       1925-2009   Uccle