Named in honor of Satoshi Otomo, a dentist living in Kiyosato {see planet (5488)}. Discoverer of numerous minor planets since 1991, he is also an active confirmer of new objects in collaboration with S. Nakano {see planet (3431)}, who proposed the name and made the identifications involving this object. (M 22500) _ _.
Discovered on 31-8-1940 in Heidelberg by Reinmuth, K.