Discovered 1994 May 6 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe at Kitami.
Named in memory of Kazuyoshi Komoda (1915-1967), amateur astronomer in Japan. Though handicapped by poliomyelitis, he enthusiastically observed Jupiter from 1944 to 1961. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Sato, I. Hirabayashi and A. Fujii.
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