On Valentine's Day of 1991, K. Endate and K. Watanabe discovered 16525 Shumarinaiko at the Kitami Observatory and named it after Shumaranai, a beautiful lake in northern Hokkaidō that used to generate hydroelectric power.
On Valentine's Day of 1991, K. Endate and K. Watanabe discovered 16525 Shumarinaiko at the Kitami Observatory and named it after Shumaranai, a beautiful lake in northern Hokkaidō that used to generate hydroelectric power.