Asteroids named after people called Shell
(9650) Okadaira
The Okadaira Shell Mound located in Miho village, Ibaraki prefecture, was built on the south coast of Lake Kasumigaura about 7,000 to 3,500 years ago. The research by Sasaki and Iijima in 1879 is appreciated as “the Starting Point of Japanese Archaeology”. It was the first Japanese-only excavation.Discovered 17 December 1995 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi