[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is January 7th?

The day Aizu (asteroid) was discovered (Fukushima Prefecture)

The asteroid Aizu was discovered on , 2000 , Arizona, USA

After its discovery, it was assigned the provisional designation "Provisional Designation 2000 AO240" for a long time, but following the Great East Japan Earthquake, it was named after the Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture

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

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

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