Asteroids named after people called Takuya
馃懚 Takuya as a baby name
Takuya Matsumoto (b. 1966) is a high-school teacher and amateur astronomer who has also been director of the 100-member headquarters of the San-In Society of Astronomy since 1990.Discovered 3 February 1997 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
Takuya Murata (b. 1972) is a Japanese solar physicist. He served as a chief research fellow at the Rikubetsu Space and Earth Science Museum in Hokkaido, Japan, from 2002 to 2024, where he primarily conducted experiments to investigate the effects of solar cosmic rays on the upper atmosphere. Takuya currently works at the Rikubetsu Town Office.Discovered 20 September 1995 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Takuya Onishi (b. 1975) was a Boeing 767 co-pilot for a Japanese airline. In 2009, he was selected by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency as one of the Japanese astronaut candidates for the International Space Station.Discovered 12 February 2002 by A. Nakamura, Kuma Kogen
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