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The Top 5 Observatories that have Discovered the Most Asteroids
| Observatory (location) |
Timeline | Asteroids discovered | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIT Lincoln Labratory ETS (New Mexico, USA) |
1980 - 2008 | 96,589 |
| 2 | Steward Observatory (Kitt Peak: Arizona,USA) |
1981 - 2008 | 16,594 |
| 3 | Palomar Mountain / NEAT (California, USA) |
1988 - 2007 | 11,925 |
| 4 | Lowell Observatory - LONEOS (Arizona, USA) |
1998 - 2008 | 11,721 |
| 5 | Palomar Mountain (California, USA) |
1949 - 2007 | 6,446 |
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Space & The Universe, Top 5 Most, The United States
Sources: NASA Near-Earth Object Program.
List Notes: Data is asteroids and other near earth objects discovered up until the year 2006.
Sources: NASA Near-Earth Object Program.
List Notes: Data is asteroids and other near earth objects discovered up until the year 2006.
