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
1781	van Biesbroeck	A906 UB	1906-10-17	Kopff, A.	Heidelberg
1770	Schlesinger	1967 JR	1967-05-10	Cesco, C.U. & Klemola, A.R.	El Leoncito
1762	Russell	1953 TZ	1953-10-08		Goethe Link Observatory
1693	Hertzsprung	1935 LA	1935-05-05	van Gent, H.	Johannesburg (LS)
1691	Oort	1956 RB	1956-09-09	van Houten-Groeneveld, I. et al.	Heidelberg
1578	Kirkwood	1951 AT	1951-01-10		Goethe Link Observatory
1560	Strattonia	1942 XB	1942-12-02	Delporte, E.	Uccle
1501	Baade	1938 UJ	1938-10-20	Wachmann, A.	Bergedorf
1455	Mitchella	1937 LF	1937-06-05	Bohrmann, A.	Heidelberg
1448	Lindbladia	1938 DF	1938-02-16	Vaisala, Y.	Turku

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