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Named in memory of Masaki Aoshima (1947–1987), founder of the Shizuoka City Amateur Astronomers’ Society and an active advisor to beginning amateur astronomers. He died of a heart attack on his way home from an observing session just one month after this minor planet was discovered. (M 15427)

Name also suggested by many amateur astronomers in Shizuoka.