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 2010 Jan. 30.
Rank Discoveries Between Site name
1 111652 1980-2009 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico
2 25977 1981-2009 Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak-Spacewatch
3 16790 1999-2007 Palomar Mountain/NEAT
4 14227 1998-2008 Lowell Observatory-LONEOS
5 7126 1998-2009 Catalina Sky Survey
6 6576 1949-2007 Palomar Mountain
7 5763 1995-2006 Haleakala-AMOS
8 5494 1976-2005 European Southern Observatory, La Silla
9 3872 2004-2009 Mt. Lemmon Survey
10 2449 1991-2002 Oizumi
11 1756 1975-2007 Siding Spring Observatory
12 1580 2001-2009 LPL/Spacewatch II
13 1379 1995-2001 Visnjan
14 1285 1966-1992 Crimea-Nauchnij
15 1247 2001-2005 Desert Eagle Observatory
16 1220 1982-2002 Peking Observatory, Xinglong Station
17 878 1977-2002 Klet Observatory, Ceske Budejovice
18 875 1996-1999 Caussols-ODAS
19 822 1891-2007 Heidelberg-Konigstuhl
20 799 1997-2008 Reedy Creek
21 723 1987-2000 Kushiro
22 720 1996-2005 Campo Imperatore-CINEOS
23 698 1973-2000 Lowell Observatory, Anderson Mesa Station
24 685 2004-2009 Siding Spring Survey
25 663 1987-2006 Kitami
26 615 1994-2003 Ondrejov
27 588 1995-2003 Prescott
28 540 1995-2002 Haleakala-NEAT/GEODSS
29 536 1961-1995 Karl Schwarzschild Observatory, Tautenburg
30 491 1996-2008 Goodricke-Pigott Observatory, Tucson
31 481 1999-2003 Fountain Hills
32 321 1993-2000 Nachi-Katsuura Observatory
33 278 1995-2009 Bergisch Gladbach
34 276 1998-2004 Apache Point-Sloan Digital Sky Survey
35 274 1997-2009 Crni Vrh
36 273 1978-1996 Caussols
37 272 1982-2006 Kitt Peak
38 271 1978-2006 Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena
39 265 1925-2005 Uccle
40 239 1994-2007 San Marcello Pistoiese
41 236 2000-2001 Desert Beaver Observatory
42 226 1998-2007 Farpoint Observatory, Eskridge
43 223 1981-1998 Geisei
44 199 1935-1953 Turku
45 196 1997-1999 Woomera
46 190 1975-2005 Uppsala-Kvistaberg
47 181 1996-2008 George Observatory, Needville
181 1993-2008 Farra d'Isonzo
49 175 1987-2000 Gekko
50 172 2006-2009 OAM Observatory, La Sagra
