Asteroids named after people called Junko
👶 Junko as a baby name
In 1975, Junko Tabei (b. 1939) became the first woman to scale the summit of Mount Everest. The name was suggested by M. Tichy.Discovered 15 November 1987 by A. Mrkos, Klet
Junko Ehara (b. 1957) is a cellist who since she was a child has loved to see the night sky. The name was suggested by S. Horiuchi.Discovered 17 September 1996 by S. Otomo, Kiyosato
Junko Yagami (b. 1958) is a renowned singer-songwriter. One of her hit songs is ‘Polar Star’. She continues to support, through charity concerts, the relief efforts after the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.Discovered 11 March 1995 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
Junko Biwaki (b. 1914) was a teacher of elementary and junior high-school in Yamaguchi prefecture for 43 years beginning in 1933. She has been very active in improving education and the status of women.Discovered 20 March 1996 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Junko Oguri (b. 1977) is a librarian at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. She is also a renowned paper cutout artist whose subjects include asteroids and comets.Discovered 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus, Siding Spring
Soon il Junko Higashino (b. 1998) is a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search , a science competition for high school seniors, for her animal sciences project. She attends the Ossining High School, Ossining, New York.Discovered 23 July 2000 by LINEAR, Socorro
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