== Career == Kobayashi has discovered more than 2000 asteroids using CCD technology, including the Amor asteroids 7358 Oze, {mpl|(23714) 1998 EC|3}, {mpl|(48603) 1995 BC|2} and about nine Trojan asteroids. He also discovered the periodic comet P/1997 B1 (Kobayashi), which he originally reported as an asteroid. The asteroid 3500 Kobayashi is named ...