JCPM Yakiimo Station
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The JCPM Yakiimo Station is a astronomical observatory station at Shimizu
, Shizuoka
prefecture, Japan
.
It has the following observatory code: IAU-Observatory, Code 885.
It was at the JCPM Yakiimo Station that on November 23, 1990, Japanese astronomers Akira Natori and Takeshi Urata discovered the asteroid 6042 Cheshirecat
.
Shimizu, Shizuoka
is a town located in Suntō District, Shizuoka, Japan. As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of 32,205and a density of 3,640 persons per km². The total area is 8.84 km².-Geography:...
, Shizuoka
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...
prefecture, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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It has the following observatory code: IAU-Observatory, Code 885.
It was at the JCPM Yakiimo Station that on November 23, 1990, Japanese astronomers Akira Natori and Takeshi Urata discovered the asteroid 6042 Cheshirecat
6042 Cheshirecat
6042 Cheshirecat is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on November 23, 1990 by A. Natori and T. Urata at the JCPM Yakiimo Station.- External links :*...
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See also
- JCPM Hamatonbetsu Station
- JCPM Kimachi Station
- JCPM Oi Station
- JCPM Sakura Station
- JCPM Sapporo Station
- JCPM Tone Station