List of minor planets named after rivers
This is a list of minor planets named after rivers, organized by continent.
Asia
- 1089 Tama (Tama River in Tokyo)
- 1090 Sumida (Sumida River in Tokyo)
- 16563 Ob (river in central Asia)
Europe
- 1149 Volga (Volga River)
- 1381 Danubia (River Danube)
- 1488 Aura (Aura river)
- 2081 Sázava (Sázava River)
- 2123 Vltava (Vltava River)
- 2321 Lužnice (Lužnice River)
- 2390 Nežárka (Nežárka River)
- 4405 Otava (Otava River)
- 4698 Jizera (Jizera River)
- 4702 Berounka (Berounka River)
- 4801 Ohře (Ohře River)
- 7669 Malše (Malše River)
- 13121 Tisza (Tisza River)
- 21290 Vydra (Vydra River)
North America
South and Central America
See also
- List of minor planets
- List of minor planets named after people
- List of minor planets named after places
- Meanings of minor planet names
References
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser" http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi (accessed 6 April 2012).
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