Asteroids named after people called Jun
馃懚 Jun as a baby name馃惗 Jun as a dog name
(8934) Nishimurajun
Jun Nishimura (b. 1927) works in the fields of cosmic-ray physics and space systems engineering, including scientific ballooning. He served as the director general of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science between 1988 and 1992, when the Japanese government approved the development of the M-V rocket.Discovered 10 January 1997 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
(8941) Junsaito
Jun Saito (b. 1962) is a mineralogist and planetologist who has mainly studied achondrite mineralogy. He changed his specialization from meteorite mineralogy to small-body exploration missions and now serves as principal investigator of multi-band imaging of the Hayabusa mission to a minor planet.Discovered 30 January 1997 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
(9233) Itagijun
Jun Itagi (b. 1958), an amateur astronomical educator famous in the San-In district (Tottori and Shimane prefectures), has served as general-affairs director of the San-In Society of Astronomy. He is well known for his in-depth studies of the Mihonoseki and Tahara meteorites.Discovered 1 February 1997 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
(9649) Junfukue
Jun Fukue (b. 1956), professor at Osaka Kyoiku University, works on theoretical studies concerning accretion disks embedded in quasars and black holes. He also has engaged in science outreach and has published many popular-level books on astronomy.Discovered 2 December 1995 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
(18473) Kikuchijun
Jun Kikuchi (b. 1967) purchased his first telescope during the height of Halley's Comet fever in 1986. Though cloudy skies thwarted his attempts at comet photography, his interest in solar eclipse photography led him to France in 1999, and to China in 2008 and 2009.Discovered 15 November 1995 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
(28884) Youngjunchoi
Young-Jun Choi (b. 1969) is a planetary scientist at Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (Daejeon, South Korea). He studies photometry and thermal models of Kuiper belt objects and is Co-I of DEEP-South, a project to observe asteroids and comets in the southern sky.Discovered 27 May 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa