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, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, g ...

from

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in the

Tokushima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Tokushima Prefecture has a population of 728,633 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,146 km2 (1,601 sq mi). Tokushima Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the north, E ...

. The

Minor Planet Center The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official body for observing and reporting on minor planets under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Founded in 1947, it operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Function ...

credits him with the co-discovery of 6

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s made together with Japanese astronomer

Toshimasa Furuta is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in ...

at the Tokushima-Kainan Astronomical Observatory in 1988 and 1989. The inner main-belt asteroid

4951 Iwamoto 4951 Iwamoto, provisional designation , is a stony, synchronous binary asteroid and slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 January 1990, by Japanese astronomers ...

, discovered by astronomers

Yoshikane Mizuno is a Japanese astronomer and co-discoverer of asteroids. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 52 minor planets he made at the Kani Observatory () between 1989 and 1993. The inner main-belt asteroid 4541 Mizuno, discovered ...

and Toshimasa Furuta, was named in his honor on 5 March 1996 ().

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