(25893) Sugihara

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( 25893 ) Sugihara is one of the main belt asteroid that was discovered on 19 November 2000 of Chinese descent Canadian astronomer William Kwong Yu Yeung at the Desert Beaver Observatory ( IAU code 919) in Arizona.

The asteroid was named after the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara (1900-1986), who saved the lives of as Consul General in Lithuania several thousand Jews.

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