Asteroids named after people called Hiroyuki
馃懚 Hiroyuki as a baby name
Named in honor of Hiroyuki Tomioka (b. 1942), director of weather information in Hitachi City. An amateur astronomer, he is a charter member of the Nippon Meteor Society and has observed meteors for more than 40 years, both visually and photographically. In addition to his observations from Japan, he often visits the Chiro Observatory Southern Station in Australia to observe southern meteor showers. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by A. Fujii and T. Sato.Discovered 26 December 1991 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Hiroyuki Takata (b. 1961) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and chief editor of the newsletter of the Chiba Science Society. He is an astronomy scholar and popularizer of astronomy throughout Chiba prefecture.Discovered 1 September 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Hiroyuki Hiraoka (b. 1957) is an elementary-school teacher and amateur astronomer, active in the Hiroshima Astronomical Society.Discovered 3 April 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Hiroyuki Akimoto (b. 1967) is editor-in-chief of the Japanese monthly astronomical magazine Gekkan Tenmon Guide. He has edited many books on astronomy.Discovered 23 January 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Hiroyuki Oyamada (b. 1970) is an amateur astronomer and a member of the Chokainomori Astronomy Club in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan. He became interested in astronomy around 1979 and has observed Jupiter and solar eclipses since 1994.Discovered 22 February 1998 by T. Okuni, Nanyo
Hiroyuki Naito (b. 1977) is a Japanese astronomer and chief research fellow at the Nayoro Observatory in Nayoro City, Hokkaido. He studies classical novae and related objects. He also discovered SN 2007ig in Cetus.Discovered 15 October 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Hiroyuki Toda (b. 1966) is a public-relations staff member at the Okayama Observatory of Kyoto University. He also works as an astronomy volunteer at the Kurashiki Observatory, working to popularize astronomy in the local area. Hiroyuki is also known for his video observations of meteors.Discovered 15 September 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Hiroyuki Negishi (b. 1964) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and a key member of the Ota Astronomical Club. A solar eclipse fanatic, he travels the world in pursuit of the missing sun.Discovered 7 January 1999 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
Hiroyuki Tsuda (b. 1960) is the director of the Ginganomori Observatory, a public observatory in Rikubetsu, Hokkaido, Japan. He shares the wonders of the universe with visitors using facilities, including a 1.15-m telescope and a planetarium. Hiroyuki also successfully photographed a low-latitude aurora in Rikubetsu in 1989.Discovered 20 September 1995 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
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