Asteroids with a Canadian Connection

This is a list of 399 asteroids whose names are known to have a Canadian connection, usually because they are named after a Canadian.

Where the citation given here expands upon the official citation, the added material was edited by Peter Jedicke, who is solely responsible for any errors or omissions. Note that for some asteroids, particularly more recent designations, the short, official citation is included on JPL's orbit applet page.

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Number	Name	Designation	Disc. Date	Discoverer	Disc. Place
3572	Leogoldberg	1954 UJ2	1954-10-28		Goethe Link Observatory
2069	Hubble	1955 FT	1955-03-29		Goethe Link Observatory
2974	Holden	1955 QK	1955-08-23		Goethe Link Observatory
2227	Otto Struve	1955 RX	1955-09-13		Goethe Link Observatory
3145	Walter Adams	1955 RY	1955-09-14		Goethe Link Observatory
1691	Oort	1956 RB	1956-09-09	van Houten-Groeneveld, I. et al.	Heidelberg
3363	Bowen	1960 EE	1960-03-06		Goethe Link Observatory
2154	Underhill	2015 P-L	1960-09-24	van Houten, C.J.	Palomar
9995	Alouette	4805 P-L	1960-09-24	van Houten, C.J. et al	Palomar
2413	van de Hulst	6816 P-L	1960-09-24	van Houten, J., et al.	Palomar

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