15736 Hamanasu | Discovered 1990 Dec. 8 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe at Kitami. |
Hamanasu, the name of a Japanese rose, is also the name of a sleeper train that connects Aomori and Sapporo (a 480-km distance) in 7.5 hours. Hamanasu is the only sleeper express train that passes through Seikan, the longest tunnel in the world. The train will be retired in the spring of 2016. |
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Reference: MPC batch dated 2015-11-25 | Last Updated: 2015-11-30 |