Asteroids named after people called Kiyotaka

(10117) Tanikawa

Kiyotaka Tanikawa (b. 1944) is an associate professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan who specializes in the study of the three-body problem.Discovered 1 October 1992 by Yanai, M., Watanabe, K., Kitami

(11282) Hanakusa

Kiyotaka Hanakusa (b. 1956), director of the Seiwa Kogen Observatory since 1995, is an astronomy scholar and popularizer of astronomy in Kumamoto Prefecture.Discovered 30 October 1989 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami

(26168) Kanaikiyotaka

Kiyotaka Kanai (b. 1951), a Japanese amateur astronomer, is a key member of the group Ota Uchuno Kai. A devoted observer of small bodies, he independently discovered C/1970 B1 and co-discovered (7752) Otauchunokai. Recently, he has become well known as a variable star observer.Discovered 24 November 1995 by T. Niijima, Ojima