* Astronomy

Studio Khara announced on their website that on April 6, the asteroid known as "2006 US217" was named "Moyocoanno" after the manga creator Moyoco Anno by Yasuhide Fujita, the scientist who discovered it on October 25, 2006. The asteroid was discovered at the Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory in Ehime prefecture, has an estimated diameter of 5 kilometres, orbits the sun every 5.49 years, and has an apparent magnitude of approximately 20. Anno is now the first female manga creator to have an asteroid named after her.
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