When I See the Night Sky, I Am Reminded of Homework

One of the celestial bodies listed in The Dictionary of Minor Planet Names(Amazon) is called Sumaura. It’s the name of the oldest private elementary school in Kobe, Japan, and was suggested by the discoverer’s son. This is part of a complete episode.
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We were talking earlier about minor planets, and it turns out there’s a minor planet that’s named Sumaura, and that is named for the oldest private elementary school in Kobe, Japan. It was suggested by the discoverer’s son.

Can you imagine your mom or your dad is an astronomer and you get to name this minor planet after your elementary school? That would be amazing.

I wonder what else he thought to do, the child.

Right.

He’s like, well, it could be this anime character or the name of my school.

Suma Ura.

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