5215 Tsurui
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5215 Tsurui is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on January 9, 1991 by Masanori Matsuyama and Watanabe
at Kushiro.
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 9, 1991 by Masanori Matsuyama and Watanabe
Kazuro Watanabe
is an amateur Japanese astronomer. He was born in Hokkaidō, Japan and is a member of the Astronomical Society of Japan and Oriental Astronomical Association....
at Kushiro.