6031 Ryokan
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6031 Ryokan is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on January 26, 1982 by Kosai
and Hurukawa at Kiso Observatory
.
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 26, 1982 by Kosai
Kosai
Kosai can stand for:* Hiroki Kosai, 20th-century Japanese astronomer, prolific discoverer of asteroids* Kosai, Shizuoka, Japan, a city* Kosai Matsumoto...* Kosai Motonaga...* Kōsai a disciple of Hōnen of the Jōdo Shū Buddhist sect...
and Hurukawa at Kiso Observatory
Kiso Observatory
Kiso Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at Mt. Ontake in Japan. The observatory was founded in 1974 and is maintained by the Institute of Astronomy, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo . It is home to the 105cm Schmidt Telescope....
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