is a Japanese amateur
astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either ...
and a
discoverer of minor planets
This is a list of minor-planet discoverers credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of one or several minor planets (such as near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, Jupiter trojans and distant objects). , the discovery of 612,011 nu ...
.
He is credited by the
Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 21 numbered minor planets between 1992 and 1999.
Among his discoveries are the named asteroids
7253 Nara,
,
,
and
9648 Gotouhideo.
List of discovered minor planets
See also
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References
Discoverers of minor planets
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20th-century Japanese astronomers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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