Asteroids named after people called Mamoru

(13567) Urabe

Mamoru Urabe (b. 1960), a teacher of junior high school and an amateur astronomer, is a volunteer senior researcher at the Kamogawa Observatory in Chiba prefecture and has a private observatory in his home. His astronomical interests include comets, nebulae, star clusters and occultations by minor planets.Discovered 16 November 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami

(15351) Yamaguchimamoru

Mamoru Yamaguchi (b. 1965) is an amateur astronomer in Isahaya City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. He is a member of the Oriental Astronomical Association, and a keen observer and photographer of comets, nebulae and star clusters.Discovered 4 November 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami

(149573) Mamorudoi

Mamoru Doi (b. 1964) is a Japanese astronomer and a contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, best known for characterizing the SDSS imager.Discovered 21 December 2003 by Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Apache Point