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Named in memory of Ryonosuke Manabe (1926–1983), who worked for many years as a computer assistant for H. Hirose {see planet  (1612)} at the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory. In 1974 he went to work for NASD A, where he was involved with the Japanese geodesy satellite. (M 29146)

Name proposed by the second discoverer following a suggestion by K. Tomita.