更新情報 : 2つの小惑星が命名されたので、小惑星のページを更新しました。
(5209) Oloosson = 1989 CW1
Discovery: 1989-02-13 / T. Seki / Geisei / 372
Oloosson, known for its white clay soil, was one of the towns that crewed the forty
ships led by Polypoetes as part of the Greek armada.
(43857) Tanijinzan = 1993 VP2
Discovery: 1993-11-15 / T. Seki / Geisei / 372
Tani Jinzan (1663–1718) was an Edo-period astronomer and calendrical scholar in Tosa
(modern-day Kochi prefecture). In 1694, using his accurate observations of the Sun,
Moon, and constellations, he determined the latitude of Kochi Castle to be 33 and a
half degrees north