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 ...

. He discovered the periodic comets

70P/Kojima 70P/Kojima is a periodic comet in the Solar System with a current orbital period of 7.05 years. It was discovered at Ishiki, Aichi, Japan by Nobuhisa Kojima, who estimated its brightness at magnitude 14. Its parabolic orbit was calculated by K ...

and 1972j. Asteroid 4351 Nobuhisa was named after him.

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20th-century Japanese astronomers Living people 1933 births Place of birth missing (living people) Discoverers of comets {{japan-astronomer-stub