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Kazuyuki Itō (伊藤和幸, Itō Kazuyuki) is a Japanese astronomer.

In 1994, he discovered 6879 Hyogo at Sengamine Observatory, a 20-kilometer sized carbonaceous asteroid from the main belt. The body was named in honor of the Japanese Hyōgo Prefecture with its capital city of Kobe, where the Great Hanshin earthquake occurred on 17 January 1995. Naming citation was published on 3 May 1996 (M.P.C. 27130).

References

1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
2. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=%E2%9C%93&object_id=5737
3. https://x.com/kazuito4
4. "6879 Hyogo (1994 TC15)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
5. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 6879 Hyogo (1994 TC15)" (2015-10-25 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
6. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(6879) Hyogo". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (6879) Hyogo. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 563. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6160. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
7. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

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