Asteroids named after people called Setsuo
馃懚 Setsuo as a baby name
Setsuo Takiguchi (1924-1998) played the leading role in founding the Hiroshima Children's Museum in 1980 and served as its director until 1982. Further, as a dramatist, he greatly contributed to the production of the museum's planetarium shows until 1996.Discovered 2 December 1996 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
Hyoichiro Takeno (1910-2000) and his son Setsuo Takeno (b. 1936) were both professors of Hiroshima University. The former was a theoretical physicist and contributed much on the theory of spherically symmetric space-time. The latter was an experimental mineralogist and proved the stability relations of many sulfide minerals.Discovered 10 March 1994 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
Setsuo Kosenda (b. 1955) established the Mikawa Astronomical Observatory, located in the Niigata region of Japan. Acting in a volunteer capacity for over 30 years, his observatory has brought joy and appreciation of the universe to scores of local residents, including many handicapped observers.Discovered 5 March 2005 by K. Endate, Kitami
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