Asteroid named Iitatemura

Asteroid named Iitatemura

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Hiroaki Ono (L), head of the Hoshinomura astronomical observatory in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, hands to Norio Kanno, mayor of the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, a certificate made by Ono stating that an asteroid has been recognized as having the name "Iitatemura" (the village of Iitate) by the International Astronomical Union, at a village government office on July 19, 2012. Ono named the asteroid after the village, which came under evacuation orders due to the nuclear crisis.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001171763
  • Registered date
  • 2012/7/19 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2012 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 2415 × 1881 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 462.63(KB)*
  • Special instruction

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