is a Japanese

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affiliated with the Susono Observatory (

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). He is a

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, credited by the

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with the discovery of 16 numbered

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s during 1989–1999. In 1992 he discovered the asteroid 6251 Setsuko in collaboration with astronomer

Toshimasa Furuta is a Japanese 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 named it after his wife Setsuko Akiyama (b. 1953) in May 1996 (). The main-belt asteroid 4904 Makio, discovered by Yoshikane Mizuno and Toshimasa Furuta at Kani Observatory ( 403) in 1989, is named after him. Naming citation was published on 5 March 1996 ().

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