Asteroids with a Canadian Connection

This is a list of 398 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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398 asteroids selected from 398 available.

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Number	Name	Designation	Disc. Date	Discoverer	Disc. Place
153686	Pathall	2001 TZ242	2001-10-14	Sloan Digital Sky Survey	Apache Point
65697	Paulandrew	1991 TU15	1991-10-06	Lowe, A.	Palomar
14574	Payette	1998 QR58	1998-08-30	Spacewatch	Kitt Peak
14595	Peaker	1998 SW32	1998-09-23	Spacewatch	Kitt Peak
3304	Pearce	1981 EQ21	1981-03-02	Bus, S.J.	Siding Spring
18242	Peebles	2102 T-2	1973-09-29	van Houten, C.J. et al.	Palomar
100596	Perrett	1997 PN2	1997-08-09	Balam, D.D.	NRC Canada
16217	Peterbroughton	2000 DR13 et al	2000-02-28	Spacewatch	Kitt Peak
12397	Peterbrown	1995 FV14	1995-03-27	Spacewatch	Kitt Peak
84075	Peterpatricia	2002 PL165	2002-08-08	Lowe, A.	Palomar

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