Named in honor of Koichi Matsushima (1938– ), head of the Instrumentation Laboratory, Control Systems Division, National Aerospace Laboratory. He has played a leading role in the design of Japan’s minor-planet exploration program. He has also promoted research into minor planets, comets and meteors. (M 30477) _ _.
Discovered on 29-10-1991 in Kitami by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.