Asteroids named after people called Shinji
馃懚 Shinji as a baby name
Shinji Hagino (b. 1959) is an engineer who worked on the system design of Japanese scientific satellites such as HALCA (space VLBI satellite) and Akebono (aurora observation satellite). He is also involved with the development of the sample return spacecraft Hayabusa.Discovered 29 December 1996 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
Shinji Toyomasu (b. 1967) is a research fellow of the Misato Observatory. Since 1995, his main functions have been to teach students and to perform radio meteor observations.Discovered 22 October 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Shinji Horiuchi (b. 1964) is a Japanese鈥揂ustralian radio astronomer affiliated with NASA鈥檚 Canberra DSN Complex and CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science. He is the lead scientist for the Southern Hemisphere Asteroid Radar Program, and has led bistatic radar efforts from the southern hemisphere, leveraging VLBI and radio-astronomy expertise.Discovered 23 May 1998 by LINEAR, Socorro
Shinji Takemasa (b. 1963) is a Japanese amateur astronomer who has enjoyed photographing sunspots, Jupiter, and other objects at his private observatory in Bisei Town, Okayama Prefecture, for many years. He has recently become fascinated with observing asteroid occultations.Discovered 15 October 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
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