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[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is January 6th?

The day Naruko Onsen (asteroid) was discovered

Asteroid (image)
Asteroid (image)

The asteroid Narukospa (Naruko Onsen) January 6, 1997 by Takao Kobayashi, an astronomer who has discovered over 2,000 asteroids to date , and its name was announced in the Asteroid Circular dated October 4, 2009.

This is the second place outside Earth to have the name "Naruko," after the crater "Naruko"

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