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4,181 inventions and discoveries
Invention or discoveryDateInventor or discovererType
328 GudrunMarch 18, 1892Max Wolfasteroid
Kapteyn's Star1897Jacobus Kapteynsubdwarf star
C/1898 L1 (Coddington-Pauly)June 10, 1898Edwin Foster Coddingtonnon-periodic comet
506 MarionFebruary 17, 1903Raymond Smith Duganasteroid
C/1907 L2 (Daniel)June 9, 1907—non-periodic comet
673 EddaSeptember 20, 1908Joel Hastings Metcalfasteroid
Great Rift1919Edward Emerson Barnarddark nebula
3682 WeltherJuly 12, 1923Karl Wilhelm Reinmuthasteroid
8604 VanierAugust 12, 1929Charles John Kriegerasteroid
3775 EllenbethOctober 6, 1931Clyde Tombaughasteroid
2897 Ole RömerFebruary 5, 1932Karl Wilhelm Reinmuthasteroid
3937 BretagnonMarch 14, 1932Karl Wilhelm Reinmuthasteroid
2856 RöserApril 14, 1933Karl Wilhelm Reinmuthasteroid
2957 TatsuoFebruary 5, 1934Karl Wilhelm Reinmuthasteroid
4680 LohrmannAugust 31, 1937Hans-Ullrich Sandigasteroid
4723 WolfgangmattigOctober 11, 1937Karl Wilhelm Reinmuthasteroid
3446 CombesMarch 12, 1942Karl Wilhelm Reinmuthasteroid
3938 ChaprontAugust 2, 1949Karl Wilhelm Reinmuthasteroid
3440 StampferFebruary 17, 1950Karl Wilhelm Reinmuthasteroid
2842 UnsöldJuly 25, 1950Indiana Asteroid Programasteroid
3383 KoyamaJanuary 9, 1951Karl Wilhelm Reinmuthasteroid
Palomar 61952George O. Abellglobular cluster
5567 DurisenMarch 21, 1953Indiana Asteroid Programasteroid
3939 HuruhataApril 7, 1953Karl Wilhelm Reinmuthasteroid
7542 JohnpondApril 7, 1953Karl Wilhelm Reinmuthasteroid
5568 MufsonOctober 14, 1953Indiana Asteroid Programasteroid
4911 RosenzweigOctober 16, 1953Indiana Asteroid Programasteroid
4912 EmilhauryNovember 11, 1953Indiana Asteroid Programasteroid
3642 FriedenDecember 4, 1953Herta Gessnerasteroid
3959 IrwinOctober 28, 1954Indiana Asteroid Programasteroid
5536 HoneycuttAugust 23, 1955Indiana Asteroid Programasteroid
3371 GiacconiSeptember 14, 1955Indiana Asteroid Programasteroid
3447 BurckhalterSeptember 29, 1956Indiana Asteroid Programasteroid
C/1957 U1 (Latyshev–Wild–Burnham)October 16, 1957Paul Wildnon-periodic comet
10433 PonsenSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
10434 TinbergenSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
10436 JanwillempelSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
10649 VOCSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
10950 AlbertjansenSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
10953 GerdatschiraSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
10959 AppenninoSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
11241 EckhoutSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
12135 TerlingenSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
12141 ChushayashiSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
12142 FranklowSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
42403 AndraimonSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
5037 HabingSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
5194 BöttgerSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
5340 BurtonSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
5529 PerrySeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
5694 BerényiSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
7687 MatthiasSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
7688 LotharSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
9678 van der MeerSeptember 24, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
10244 Thüringer WaldSeptember 26, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
10962 SonnenborghOctober 17, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
5296 FriedrichOctober 17, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
7805 MoonsOctober 17, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
7971 MeckbachOctober 17, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid
10243 Hohe MeissnerOctober 22, 1960Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveldasteroid