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The day Miyagi (asteroid) was discovered (Miyagi Prefecture)

AsteroidMiyagi.,, at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA1999was discovered on

After its discovery, it was given the provisional designation "1999 GL47" for a long time, but following the Great East Japan Earthquake, itMiyagi Prefecturewas officially named on May 9, 2012, in honor of

The following 11 asteroids were also named and announced at the same time for the same reasons as Miyagi

• Aizu
• Iwate
• Aomori
• Ibaraki
• Tochigi
• Chiba Prefecture
• Hamadori
• Nakadori
• Rikuzentakata
• Sakae Village
• Tsunan Town

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