Named for the city in British Columbia, Canada, with a population of 150,000. Burnaby and Kushiro, which are at almost the same latitude, have been sister cities since 1965 and exchange students and share cultural experiences with each other.
Discovered by S. Ueda and H. Kaneda at Kushiro. JRASC [1]
Reference: MPC 21132
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[1] http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1993JRASC..87...65./0000068.000.html?high=4904d723c628853