Asteroids named after people called Takanao
(23543) Saiki
Takanao Saiki (b. 1976) is an expert in aerospace engineering at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science. He was the chief engineer of the Hayabusa2 mission. Hayabusa2 succeeded in creating an artificial crater on the surface of (162173) Ryugu in 2019 with a small impactor developed by Saiki.Discovered 16 October 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami