Asteroids named after people called Akio
馃懚 Akio as a baby name馃惗 Akio as a dog name
(8702) Nakanishi
Akio Nakanishi (b. 1964), one of the best-known astrophotographers in Japan, has contributed to Japanese amateur astronomy by developing cooled CCD cameras. He is a member of Mt. Nyukasa station, where this minor planet was discovered.Discovered 14 November 1993 by Hirasawa, M., Suzuki, S., Nyukasa
(23245) Fujimura
Akio Fujimura (b. 1947) is a planetary scientist and former professor at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science at JAXA. He was responsible for JAXA's planetary materials curation facility, where samples from asteroid Itokawa are studied and preserved.Discovered 25 November 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa