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--(4288) Tokyotech --discovery and notes:
Primary discovered1989 Oct 08from Chiyodaby T. Kojima.Alternate designation(s):1989 TQ1, 1951 XD1, 1959 SJ, 1962 JG, 1980 NU, 1983 EQ3, 1983 HA2, A921 XA.Linked to prediscovery observations from 1951.Permanent number assigned 1989 Dec 12.
Named 2008 Aug 19 for the Tokyo Institute of Technology [MPC063639].
Companion discovered2019 Oct 31 by D. Augustin, R. Behrend, M. Deldem, D. Starkey, J. M. Bosch, F. Soldan, J. Delgado, R. G. Farfan, and R. Montaigutusinglightcurve observations from Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain; Pichasca, Chile; Geneva Observatory; Les Barres Observatory, Lamanon, France; DeKalb Observatory, Auburn, Indiana, USA; Amanecer Arrakis Observatory, Seville, Spain; Nuevos Horizontes Observatory, Seville, Spain; Uraniborg Observatory, Sevilla, Spain; OPERA Observatory, Saint Palais, France.Announced2019 Dec 17 [A19a].
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