3565 Ojima
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3565 Ojima is an outer main-belt asteroid
discovered on December 22, 1986 by Takeshi Urata
and Tsuneo Niijima
at Ojima.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered on December 22, 1986 by Takeshi Urata
Takeshi Urata
is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, observing at Nihondaira Observatory.In 1978 he became the first amateur to discover a minor planet in over fifty years. He named it after it his daughter, Mizuho. His pioneering feat led to an upsurge in such discoveries. In the...
and Tsuneo Niijima
Tsuneo Niijima
is a Japanese astronomer.He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids.He co-discovered the periodic comet 112P/Urata-Niijima.Asteroid 5507 Niijima is named after him.-References:...
at Ojima.