Asteroids named after people called Isao
👶 Isao as a baby name
Named in honor of Isao Miyazaki (b. 1961), amateur astronomer well known for his high-quality visual, photographic and CCD observations of the planets. He has been director of the Jupiter-Saturn Section of the Oriental Astronomical Association (OAA) since 1989. He is a winner of the I. Yamamoto Award (OAA), the W. H. Steavenson Award (British Astronomical Association) and the W. H. Haas Award (Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers). Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Sato and A. Fujii.Discovered 15 October 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Named in honor of Isao Akita (b. 1948), president of the comet observers network in Japan, “Hoshi no Hiroba”, since 1988. He is a well-known amateur astronomer and keen observer and photographer of comets and galaxies. He is especially at home assisting in the efforts of other comet enthusiasts, both within his group and throughout the country. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by Y. Yamada.Discovered 1 October 1992 by Yanai, M., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Isao Otuki (b. 1958) became a member of the Miyagi Abukuma Astronomical Society in 1974 and actively popularizes astronomy.Discovered 16 November 1995 by T. Okuni, Nanyo
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