Asteroids named after people called Kyu
(6980) Kyusakamoto
Named in memory of Kyu Sakamoto (1941-1985), a popular singer in Japan who was beloved as Kyu-chan. His songs “Let's walk turning our faces upward”, “Look up at the stars at night” and others were big hits. The first song (English title “Sukiyaki”) became one of the world's bestsellers. This planet also symbolizes the famous trio of which Kyu Sakamoto was a member, with songwriter Rokusuke Ei and pianist Hachidai Nakamura: in Japanese, Roku is 6, Kyu 9 and Hachi 8. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Sato, A. Fujii and Y. Katagiri.Discovered 16 September 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
(42112) Hongkyumoon
Hong-Kyu Moon (b. 1965) is a planetary scientist at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (Daejeon, South Korea). He studies survey simulations for near-Earth objects and is P.I. of the DEEP-South observation project for asteroids and comets in the southern sky.Discovered 4 January 2001 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa