4200 Shizukagozen
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4200 Shizukagozen is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on November 28, 1983 by Yoshiaki Banno
and Takeshi Urata
at Karasuyama.
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 November 28, 1983 by Yoshiaki Banno
Yoshiaki Banno
was a Japanese astronomer. He co-discovered the asteroid 4200 Shizukagozen.The asteroid 3394 Banno is named after him. Banno died in a traffic accident in 1991.-References:...
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 Karasuyama.