17683 Kanagawa
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17683 Kanagawa is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on January 10, 1997 by Atsuo Asami
at Hadano.
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 January 10, 1997 by Atsuo Asami
Atsuo Asami
is a Japanese astronomer. He operates a small private observatory, Hadano Astronomical Observatory, located about 60 km southwest of Tokyo. It is mainly used for astrometric observations of comets and minor planets. Asami is also a member of the Japan Spaceguard Association .-External links:*...
at Hadano.