Asteroids named after people called Satoshi

(9230) Yasuda

Satoshi Yasuda (b. 1948) is a member of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station-Japan and a professor at Hitotsubashi University. He contributed to the success of the first exchange of radio messages with the ISS by radio amateurs in Japan and is also an active amateur radio user himself.Discovered 29 December 1996 by N. Sato, Chichibu

(11860) Uedasatoshi

Satoshi Ueda (b. 1954) is the astronomical head of the Kagoshima Municipal Science Hall and is also a well-known amateur astronomer. His main activities include a continuous search for supernovae at his private observatory as well as the organizing of local star parties.Discovered 16 October 1988 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami

(11929) Uchino

Satoshi Uchino (b. 1935), for many years the chief secretary of the Kawasaki Astronomical Association, has greatly contributed to the popularization of astronomy.Discovered 23 January 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami

(12738) Satoshimiki

Satoshi Hayakawa (b. 1992) and Miki Hayakawa (b. 1995) are children of the second discoverer and partners in his observations.Discovered 4 January 1992 by Hioki, T., Hayakawa, S., Okutama

(15718) Imokawa

Satoshi Imokawa (b. 1965) is an astronomy instructor at the public astronomical observatory Hoshino Bunkakan in Yame city, Fukuoka prefecture. His main interests are observing comets, nebulae, star clusters and solar eclipse.Discovered 30 January 1990 by Matsuyama, M., Watanabe, K., Kushiro

(35343) Tomoda

Satoshi Tomoda (b. 1963) is a Japanese amateur astronomer who has contributed to the spread of astronomy through volunteer work at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba Astronomical Facility, for over 20 years. He is also well-known in Ibaraki prefecture as an astronomy education activist.Discovered 3 April 1997 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami