3249 Musashino
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3249 Musashino is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on February 18, 1977 by Kiichiro Hurukawa and Hiroki Kosai
at Kiso Station.
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 February 18, 1977 by Kiichiro Hurukawa and Hiroki Kosai
Hiroki Kosai
is a Japanese astronomer with the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory. He is best known for helping to popularize astronomy in Japan and for his observations of comets and asteroids, most notably with his co-discovery the comet 1976 XVI. The asteroid 3370 Kohsai is named in his honor.- External links :* *...
at Kiso Station.