Asteroids named after people called Kyoto
馃懚 Kyoto as a baby name
Shoji Kato (b. 1935), professor emeritus of Kyoto University, has been engaged in studying theories concerning oscillations and waves in accretion disks embedded in active galactic nuclei and proto-planetary disks. He served as a member of the Japanese National Committee of the IAU during 1985-1994.Discovered 19 November 1996 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
Sagano, a neighborhood in northwest Kyoto City, contains many famous temples, shrines and historical sites. Since the 9th century, villas have been built in Sagano by the imperial family, aristocrats, and the literati. Today it is a well-known place for viewing cherry blossoms and maples.Discovered 12 January 1996 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
Ko Arimatsu (b. 1987) is an astronomer at Kyoto University. He discovered a kilometer-sized Kuiper belt object by stellar occultation using a low-cost small telescope named the Organized Autotelescopes for Serendipitous Event Survey or OASES.Discovered 30 December 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
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