6233 Kimura
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6233 Kimura is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on February 8, 1986 by Inoda
and 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 February 8, 1986 by Inoda
Shigeru Inoda
is a Japanese astronomer.He has discovered a number of asteroids. Except for 3394 Banno, they were all co-discovered with Takeshi Urata. Asteroid 5484 Inoda is named after him.-References:...
and 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.