7992 Yozan
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7992 Yozan is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on November 28, 1981 by T. Furuta at Tokai
. It is named after Uesugi Yōzan, a Japanese daimyo
of Yonezawa Domain
.
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
discovered on November 28, 1981 by T. Furuta at Tokai
Tokai, Aichi
is a city located in Aichi, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 106,713 and the density of 2,460 persons per km². The total area is 43.36 km².The city was founded on April 1, 1969....
. It is named after Uesugi Yōzan, a Japanese daimyo
Daimyo
is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...
of Yonezawa Domain
Yonezawa Domain
Yonezawa Domain was a feudal domain of Tokugawa Japan, controlled by daimyō of the Uesugi clan. Covering the Okitama district of Dewa province, in what is today southeastern Yamagata Prefecture, the territory was ruled from Yonezawa castle in Yonezawa city...
.