Asteroids named after people called Hisashi
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Named in memory of Hisashi Kimura (1870–1943), the first director of the International Latitude Observatory of Mizusawa. Serving in this capacity from 1899 to 1941, he was also director of the International Latitude Service from 1922 to 1934. In 1902 Kimura discovered the Z term of polar motion, the first astronomical clue for inferring physical states and processes in the earth's deep interior, in particular at the core-mantle boundary. Name proposed by the second discoverer, following a suggestion by K. Hurukawa and K. Yokoyama, and in commemoration of the Mizusawa Observatory's centennial. Citation prepared by K. Yokoyama.Discovered 8 February 1986 by Inoda, S., Urata, T., Karasuyama
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