10837 Yuyakekoyake
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10837 Yuyakekoyake is a main-belt
minor planet
. It was discovered by Masanori Hirasawa
and Shohei Suzuki
at the Mount Nyukasa Station in Japan on March 6, 1994. It is named after a Japanese nursery rhyme
.
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...
minor planet
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
. It was discovered by Masanori Hirasawa
Masanori Hirasawa
is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. Working with Shohei Suzuki at Mount Nyukasa Station, Hirasawa discovered 52 minor planets between 1991 and 1998. Both men are graduates of Waseda University, which they named an asteroid after in 1991. Hirasawa is also a...
and Shohei Suzuki
Shohei Suzuki
is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. Working with Masanori Hirasawa at Mount Nyukasa Station, Suzuki discovered 52 minor planets between 1991 and 1998. Both men are graduates of Waseda University, which they named an asteroid after in 1991.-List of asteroids...
at the Mount Nyukasa Station in Japan on March 6, 1994. It is named after a Japanese nursery rhyme
Nursery rhyme
The term nursery rhyme is used for "traditional" poems for young children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the 19th century and in North America the older ‘Mother Goose Rhymes’ is still often used.-Lullabies:...
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