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List of asteroids named after places
This is a list of asteroids named after places, organized by continent.
Africa
Asia
China
Russia and the former Soviet Union (Asia)
Many of these names were given by Soviet astronomers between 1917 and 1990.
Europe
Czech Republic
Eastern Europe
France
Germany
Italy
Greece
The Low Countries
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
Spain
Turkey
United Kingdom
North America
Canada
USA
Oceania
Polar regions
South and Central America
Fictional places
See also
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