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1990 VB4. Discovered 1990 Nov. 14 by K. Suzuki and T. Urata at Toyota.
Named in honor of Yoshiaki Oshima (1952– ), discoverer of the Apollo-type minor planet 1988 XB and several other minor planets. He contributed to the development of the instrumentation at the Nihondaira {see planet (2880)} Observatory. (M 22511) Name proposed by T. Urata.
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(2003). (5592) Oshima. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_5312
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