7538 Zenbei
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7538 Zenbei is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on November 15, 1996 by amateur astronomer Takao Kobayashi
at Oizumi, Gunma
, Japan
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It was named after Zenbei Iwahashi, a Japanese optician in 18th century.
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 15, 1996 by amateur astronomer Takao Kobayashi
Takao Kobayashi
is an amateur Japanese astronomer who currently works at the Ōizumi Observatory.- Accomplishment :Kobayashi has discovered more than 2000 asteroids using CCD technology, including the Amor asteroids 7358 Oze, , and about nine Trojan asteroids...
at Oizumi, Gunma
Oizumi, Gunma
is a town located in Ōra District, Gunma, Japan.As of September 1, 2007, the town had an estimated population of 41,098 and a density of 2292.14 persons per km²...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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It was named after Zenbei Iwahashi, a Japanese optician in 18th century.