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 May 8.

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 Rank Discoveries     Between    Site name

    1   132063       1980-2010   Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico
    2    57784       1973-2010   Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak-Spacewatch
    3    26259       1960-2011   Palomar Mountain/NEAT
    4    18140       1998-2008   Lowell Observatory-LONEOS
    5    15898       1977-2011   Mt. Lemmon Survey
    6    14596       1973-2011   Catalina Sky Survey
    7     6965       1993-2007   Haleakala-AMOS
    8     6736       1949-2008   Palomar Mountain
    9     5609       1976-2010   European Southern Observatory, La Silla
   10     3000       1995-2010   LPL/Spacewatch II
   11     2472       1991-2002   Oizumi
   12     1808       1975-2007   Siding Spring Observatory
   13     1453       2001-2008   Desert Eagle Observatory
   14     1423       1999-2010   Siding Spring Survey
   15     1399       1995-2001   Visnjan
   16     1285       1966-1992   Crimea-Nauchnij
   17     1255       1982-2002   Peking Observatory, Xinglong Station
   18     1229       1960-2010   OAM Observatory, La Sagra
   19     1067       1996-2005   Campo Imperatore-CINEOS
          1067       1997-2008   Reedy Creek
   21      926       1996-1999   Caussols-ODAS
   22      892       1977-2002   Klet Observatory, Ceske Budejovice
   23      835       1998-2004   Apache Point-Sloan Digital Sky Survey
   24      823       1891-2007   Heidelberg-Konigstuhl
   25      723       1987-2000   Kushiro
   26      705       1973-2009   Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station
   27      690       1996-2010   Goodricke-Pigott Observatory, Tucson
   28      680       1987-2008   Kitami
   29      674       1994-2008   Ondrejov
   30      639       1995-2003   Prescott
   31      593       1977-2010   WISE
   32      551       1995-2002   Haleakala-NEAT/GEODSS
   33      538       1961-1995   Karl Schwarzschild Observatory, Tautenburg
   34      499       1999-2003   Fountain Hills
   35      491       1994-2010   Bergisch Gladbach
   36      454       1982-2007   Kitt Peak
   37      420       1960-2010   Pan-STARRS 1, Haleakala
   38      374       1994-2010   Crni Vrh
   39      355       1978-2006   Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena
   40      321       1993-2000   Nachi-Katsuura Observatory
   41      317       2002-2010   RAS Observatory, Mayhill
   42      309       2000-2010   Bisei Spaceguard Center-BATTeRS
           309       1998-2009   Farpoint Observatory, Eskridge
   44      305       1992-2009   Mauna Kea
   45      303       1925-2009   Uccle
   46      300       1995-2010   University of Szeged, Piszkesteto Stn. (Konkoly)
   47      298       2004-2006   Apache Point
   48      294       2002-2009   Lulin Observatory
   49      273       1978-1996   Caussols
   50      272       1994-2008   San Marcello Pistoiese