9993 Kumamoto is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.04 years.Discovered by J. Kobayashi on November 6 1997 it was given the provisional designation 1997 VX5. It was later renamed Kumamoto in honour of Kumamoto the home city of the asteroid’s discoverer.
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