Named for the city in British Columbia, Canada, with a population of 150,000. Burnaby and Kushiro {see planet (4096)}, which are at almost the same latitude, have been sister cities since 1965 and exchange students and share cultural experiences with each other. (M 21132) _ _.
Discovered on 21-11-1990 in Kushiro by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H.