Asteroids named after people called Satoru

(7134) Ikeuchisatoru

Satoru Ikeuchi (b. 1944) works mainly on the evolution of the interstellar medium and the formation of large-scale structure of the universe. He is a member of the Science Council of Japan and served as the Japanese national representative to the IAU since 1997.Discovered 24 October 1993 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi

(13608) Andosatoru

Satoru Ando (b. 1954) has for many years been a passionate disseminator of astronomy as chairman of the Tateyama Astronomy Club in Chiba prefecture. He is also known as a beachcomber.Discovered 2 October 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami

(23475) Nakazawa

Satoru Nakazawa (b. 1969) is a Japanese aerospace system engineer at JAXA, who contributed to the SELENE and Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter. He was also deputy manager of Hayabusa2, which succeeded in returning samples from (162173) Ryugu.Discovered 13 November 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami