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[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is October 14th?

The day Rikuzentakata (asteroid) was discovered (Iwate Prefecture)

Asteroid (image)
Asteroid (image)

The asteroid Rikuzentakata was discovered on October 14, 1998 , , USA

It was named on May 9, 2012, after Rikuzentakata City in Iwate Prefecture , which suffered major damage following the Great East Japan Earthquake

The following 11 asteroids were also named and announced at the same time for similar reasons to Nakadori

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

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