The Hakubi Project

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The International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced an asteroid “Koarimatsu” named after Assistant Professor Ko ARIMATSU (Astronomical Observatory, Graduate School of Science).

・Name of the award winner(s): 有松 亘 (Ko Arimatsu)
・Asteroid name: (27590) Koarimatsu = 2000 YO132
・Host organization: International Astronomical Union (IAU)
・Title of the awarded research achievement: Discovery of a kilometer-sized Kuiper belt object by stellar occultation using a low-cost small telescope named the Organized Autotelescopes for Serendipitous Event Survey or OASES
・Name Day: June 11, 2021

Information: International Astronomical Union / WG Small Body Nomenclature
URL: https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletins/V001/WGSBNBull_V001_002.pdf