Asteroids named after people called Seiichi
馃懚 Seiichi as a baby name
Named in honor of Seiichi Sakuma (b. 1929), a Japanese amateur astronomer and an eminent observer of variable stars since 1942. Sakuma played the principal role in founding the Variable Star Observers League in Japan, publishing its Variable Star Bulletin and constructing its database of more than one million Japanese observations of some 4000 variable stars. This database contains observations back to 1906 and includes more than 30 000 magnitude estimates by Sakuma. Name proposed by H. Oishi, who made the principal identifications involving this minor planet.Discovered 20 February 1938 by K. Reinmuth, Heidelberg
During the 1870s Seiichi Tejima (1849-1918) contributed to the development of the Educational Museum (now the National Science Museum of Japan). He advocated the importance of technological education. He was also a founder of the Vocational School for Girls (now Kyoritsu Women's University).Discovered 19 November 1996 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
Seiichi Sato (b. 1930) is a member of Kawasaki Astronomical Association. As a medical doctor he greatly contributed to the field of industrial diseases, and as an amateur astronomer he has been abroad 13 times to observe total solar eclipses.Discovered 23 September 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Seiichi Kanno (b. 1954) is an education consultant and an amateur astronomer, who has observed the planets since 1970. He built an observatory in Kaminoyama city, Yamagata, in 1989, and now observes the planets with a video camera.Discovered 17 August 1995 by T. Okuni, Nanyo
Seiichi Yoshida (b. 1974), who started the MISAO (Multitudinous Image-based Sky-survey and Accumulative Observations) project, contributes to the discovery of variable stars and studies photometric observations of comets.Discovered 28 July 2000 by Y. Ikari, Dynic
Seiichi Fujiwara (b. 1950) is a Japanese karate master, who has earned the rank of 8th Dan from the Japan Karatedo Federation Goju-Kai. He serves as President of Goju Ryu Karate Do Seiwakai and JKF Goju-Kai Overseas Director.Discovered 7 August 2013 by K. S脙隆rneczky T. Cs脙露rgei, Piszkesteto
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