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The 20th century

1,560 inventions and discoveries

Invention or discovery	Date	Inventor or discoverer	Type
13177 Hansschmidt	April 17, 1996	Eric Walter Elst	asteroid
23617 Duna	April 17, 1996	Eric Walter Elst	asteroid
8308 Julie-Mélissa	April 17, 1996	Eric Walter Elst	asteroid
79316 Huangshan	April 18, 1996	Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program	asteroid
10586 Jansteen	May 22, 1996	Eric Walter Elst	asteroid
11336 Piranesi	July 14, 1996	Eric Walter Elst	asteroid
10193 Nishimoto	August 8, 1996	Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory	asteroid
17640 Mount Stromlo	August 15, 1996	Jack B. Child	asteroid
(7615) 1996 TA11	October 9, 1996	Hiroshi Kaneda	asteroid
10197 Senigalliesi	October 18, 1996	Vittorio Goretti	asteroid
27915 Nancywright	October 30, 1996	Paul G. Comba	asteroid
7616 Sadako	November 6, 1996	Takao Kobayashi	asteroid
7538 Zenbei	November 15, 1996	Takao Kobayashi	asteroid
8578 Shojikato	November 19, 1996	Takao Kobayashi	asteroid
8731 Tejima	November 19, 1996	Takao Kobayashi	asteroid
8924 Iruma	December 14, 1996	Naoto Satō	asteroid
8733 Ohsugi	December 20, 1996	Takao Kobayashi	asteroid
8736 Shigehisa	January 9, 1997	Takao Kobayashi	asteroid
9109 Yukomotizuki	January 9, 1997	Takao Kobayashi	asteroid
8934 Nishimurajun	January 10, 1997	Takao Kobayashi	asteroid
(7619) 1997 AP21	January 13, 1997	Takeshi Urata	asteroid
8739 Morihisa	January 30, 1997	Takao Kobayashi	asteroid
9112 Hatsulars	January 31, 1997	Takao Kobayashi	asteroid
7683 Wuwenjun	February 19, 1997	Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program	asteroid
(7685) 1997 EP17	March 1997	Hiroshi Kaneda	asteroid
316709 POSS	March 6, 1997	Andrew Lowe	asteroid
12838 Adamsmith	March 9, 1997	Eric Walter Elst	asteroid
12481 Streuvels	March 12, 1997	Eric Walter Elst	asteroid
12492 Tanais	May 3, 1997	Eric Walter Elst	asteroid
31098 Frankhill	June 9, 1997	Roy A. Tucker	asteroid
9900 Llull	June 13, 1997	Manolo Blasco	asteroid
10200 Quadri	July 7, 1997	Vittorio Goretti	asteroid
9669 Symmetria	July 8, 1997	Paul G. Comba	asteroid
10210 Nathues	August 30, 1997	OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey	asteroid
10216 Popastro	September 22, 1997	Stephen P. Laurie	asteroid
10217 Richardcook	September 27, 1997	Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking	asteroid
308P/Lagerkvist–Carsenty	October 5, 1997	Uri Carsenty	periodic comet
10220 Pigott	October 20, 1997	Roy A. Tucker	asteroid
10224 Hisashi	October 26, 1997	Naoto Satō	asteroid
10222 Klotz	October 29, 1997	Christian Buil	asteroid
225321 Stevenkoenig	December 6, 1997	OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey	asteroid
10234 Sixtygarden	December 27, 1997	Kleť Observatory	asteroid
Alkali	1998	Nicholas Gessler	ordinary chondrite
ALTA II reflectance spectrometer	1998	Allan Treiman	spectrometer
HD 210277 b	1998	Geoffrey Marcy	exoplanet
8740 Václav	January 12, 1998	Kleť Observatory	asteroid
19383 Rolling Stones	January 29, 1998	OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey	asteroid
18624 Prévert	February 27, 1998	OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey	asteroid
15969 Charlesgreen	March 1998	Eric Walter Elst	asteroid
11174 Carandrews	March 20, 1998	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	asteroid
11176 Batth	March 20, 1998	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	asteroid
11703 Glassman	March 20, 1998	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	asteroid
12065 Jaworski	March 20, 1998	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	asteroid
12068 Khandrika	March 20, 1998	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	asteroid
12073 Larimer	March 20, 1998	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	asteroid
12500 Desngai	March 20, 1998	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	asteroid
12501 Nord	March 20, 1998	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	asteroid
12511 Patil	March 20, 1998	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	asteroid
12852 Teply	March 20, 1998	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	asteroid
20272 Duyha	March 20, 1998	Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research	asteroid