Biography:Kazuyoshi Itō
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Short description: Japanese astronomer
| 6879 Hyogo | October 14, 1994 | MPC |
Kazuyoshi Itō (伊藤和幸 Itō Kazuyoshi) is a Japanese astronomer.
In 1994, he discovered 6879 Hyogo at Sengamine Observatory,[2] a 20-kilometer sized carbonaceous asteroid from the main belt.[3] The body was named in honor of the Japanese Hyōgo Prefecture with its capital city of Kobe, where the Great Hanshin earthquake occurred on 17 January 1995.[4] Naming citation was published on 3 May 1996 (M.P.C. 27130).[5]
References
- ↑ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 28 December 2015. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ "6879 Hyogo (1994 TC15)". Minor Planet Center. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=6879. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ↑ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 6879 Hyogo (1994 TC15)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2006879. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(6879) Hyogo". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (6879) Hyogo. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 563. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6160. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
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