Asteroids named after people called Masato
馃懚 Masato as a baby name
Masato Ishiguro (b. 1945) has been the Japanese project director of the ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) project since 1998. He was in charge of constructing the Nobeyama Millimeter Array and was the director of the Nobeyama Radio Observatory from 1990 to 1996.Discovered 27 January 1995 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
Masato Hori (b. 1957) is a specialist in civil engineering and a member of the Hiroshima Astronomical Society. He owns a substantial private observatory and often makes it available willingly to the local people in his area.Discovered 7 November 1996 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Masato Kumashiro (b. 1989) is a Japanese baseball player for the Saitama Seibu Lions. In the 2012 regular season, he hit 0.270 in 109 games.Discovered 4 November 1999 by A. Nakamura, Kuma Kogen
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