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 ( )
Great Hanshin earthquake
Great Hanshin earthquake
Kazuyoshi Itō