NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID DISCOVERY HISTORY: 1898-1980

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Includes only objects with perihelia < 1.30 AU
                                                                            
NUMBER YEAR  ASTEROID        PROVISIONAL DESIGNATION
====== ====  ========        =======================
  1    1898    433 Eros          1898 DQ
  2    1918    887 Alinda        1918 DB
  3    1924   1036 Ganymed       1924 TD
  4    1929   1627 Ivar          1929 SH
  5    1932   1221 Amor          1932 EA1
  6           1862 Apollo        1932 HA
  7    1936   2101 Adonis        1936 CA
  8    1937  69230 Hermes        1937 UB
  9    1947   2201 Oljato        1947 XC
 10    1948   1863 Antinous      1948 EA
 11           1685 Toro          1948 OA
 12    1949   1566 Icarus        1949 MA
 13    1950  29075               1950 DA
 14           1580 Betulia       1950 KA
 15           1980 Tezcatlipoca  1950 LA
 16    1951   1620 Geographos    1951 RA
 17    1953   1915 Quetzalcoatl  1953 EA
 18           1916 Boreas        1953 RA
 19    1954                      1954 XA = 2003 UC20
 20    1959   4183 Cuno          1959 LM
 21    1960                      4788 P-L 1960 Sep 24
 22                              6344 P-L 1960 Sep 24
 23           5011 Ptah          6743 P-L 1960 Sep 24
 24           2061 Anza          1960 UA  1960 Oct 22
 25                              5025 P-L 1960 Oct 22
 26    1963   2059 Baboquivari   1963 UA
 27    1968   1917 Cuyo          1968 AA
 28    1971   1864 Daedalus      1971 FA
 29           1865 Cerberus      1971 UA
 30    1972   2202 Pele          1972 RA
 31                              1972 RB
 32           1866 Sisyphus      1972 XA
 33    1973   1981 Midas         1973 EA
 34           1943 Anteros       1973 EC
 35           5496               1973 NA
 36           4587 Rees          3239 T-2
 37    1974   5660               1974 MA
 38    1975   2102 Tantalus      1975 YA
 39    1976   2062 Aten          1976 AA
 40           2340 Hathor        1976 UA
 41           2329 Orthos        1976 WA 
 42    1977   2135 Aristaeus     1977 HA
 43           2063 Bacchus       1977 HB
 44           7977               1977 QQ5
 45           2368 Beltrovata    1977 RA
 46                              1977 VA
 47    1978                      1978 CA
 48           2608 Seneca        1978 DA
 49           2100 Ra-Shalom     1978 CA
 50           2212 Hephaistos    1978 SB
 51    1979                      1979 QB
 52           4015 Wilson-Harrington 1979 VA  COMET
 53                              1979 XB                                 
 54    1980   5797 Bivoj         1980 AA
 55           3908 Nyx           1980 PA
 56           4688               1980 WF

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