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Hōei Nojiri
was a Japanese essayist and astronomer. He was a brother of the novelist ''Nojiri Haruhikoˀ'', whose pen name was Osaragi Jiro, Osaragi Jirō. In 1930 he coined the Japanese word for the then-newly-discovered dwarf planet Pluto. The name was then borrowed into Chinese language, Chinese and Korean language, Korean. See also * Osaragi Jiro, Osaragi Jirō [information on family] * 3008 Nojiri (Asteroid belt, main-belt asteroid) References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |