What is the name of the asteroid named after Takao Kobayashi?
Asteroid 5500 Takao
Asteroid 4500 Kobayashi
Asteroid 3000 Kyoshi
Asteroid 3500 Kobayashi
Answer
Asteroid 3500 Kobayashi is named after Takao Kobayashi, a Japanese astronomer who discovered over 9,000 asteroids. Kobayashi is a professor at the University of Tokyo and has been active in the field of astronomy since the 1970s. He has discovered many asteroids, including several that have been named after him. Asteroid 3500 Kobayashi was discovered in 1985 and is a main-belt asteroid that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
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