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Satoru Honda (b. 1913), some time kindergarten principal, is the widow of Minoru Honda, famed comet and nova hunter. When light pollution affected her husband's observatory at Kurashiki she spent her retirement allowance to purchase a new mountain site. The name was suggested by K. Kenmotsu and T. Sato.

Satoru Honda (1913– ), some time kindergarten principal, is the widow of Minoru Honda, famed comet and nova hunter. When light pollution affected her husband’s observatory at Kurashiki {see planet  (4578)} she spent her retirement allowance to purchase a new mountain site. (M 38198)

The name was suggested by K. Kenmotsu and T. Sato.