4488 Tokitada
Encyclopedia
4488 Tokitada is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on October 21, 1987 by Kenzo Suzuki
and Takeshi Urata
at Toyota.
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
asteroid
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 October 21, 1987 by Kenzo Suzuki
Kenzo Suzuki (astronomer)
is a Japanese astronomer from Toyota, Aichi, Japan. Between 1984 and 1992, he, along with Takeshi Urata, discovered 34 minor planets.He is the discoverer of asteroid 3533 Toyota and it is named after his home town.Asteroid 5526 Kenzo is named after him....
and 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...
at Toyota.